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Linfoma não Hodgkin

Última revisão: 28 Sep 2025
Última atualização: 16 Dec 2024

Resumo

Definição

History and exam

Key diagnostic factors

  • Sintomas B (febre, sudorese noturna, perda de peso)
  • fadiga/mal-estar
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Other diagnostic factors

  • linfadenopatia
  • esplenomegalia
  • hepatomegalia
  • dispneia
  • tosse
  • desconforto abdominal
  • cefaleia
  • alteração do estado mental
  • deficits neurológicos focais
  • dor torácica
  • dor óssea, dorsalgia
  • icterícia
  • palidez
  • púrpura
  • lesões cutâneas
  • anormalidades neurológicas no exame
  • mastalgia
  • edema ou massa na mama
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Risk factors

  • idade >50 anos
  • sexo masculino
  • Vírus Epstein-Barr (EBV)
  • vírus linfotrópico de células T humanas tipo 1 (HTLV-1)
  • herpes-vírus humano tipo 8 (herpes-vírus associado ao sarcoma de Kaposi)
  • Helicobacter pylori
  • doença celíaca
  • vírus da imunodeficiência humana (HIV)
  • vírus da hepatite C (HCV)
  • Síndrome de Sjögren
  • Síndrome de Wiskott-Aldrich
  • ataxia-telangiectasia
  • uso de medicamentos imunomoduladores
  • transplante de órgãos
  • Borrelia burgdorferi
  • Coxiella burnetii
  • Chlamydia psittaci
  • Campylobacter jejuni
  • artrite reumatoide
  • lúpus eritematoso sistêmico (LES)
  • imunodeficiência comum variável
  • Síndrome de Chediak-Higashi
  • Síndrome de Klinefelter
  • pesticidas
  • herbicidas à base de fenóxidos
  • implantes mamários
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Diagnostic investigations

1st investigations to order

  • Hemograma completo com diferencial
  • esfregaço de sangue periférico
  • perfil metabólico completo (incluindo testes da função hepática [TFHs])
  • lactato desidrogenase (LDH) sérica
  • ácido úrico
  • biópsia de linfonodos
  • biópsia (sítios extranodais, por exemplo, cérebro, pele)
  • biópsia ou aspirado da medula óssea
  • imuno-histoquímica
  • citometria de fluxo
  • PET com fluordesoxiglucose (FDG)-CT
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Investigations to consider

  • biópsia percutânea com agulha grossa
  • biópsia por aspiração com agulha fina (AAF)
  • teste genético
  • sorologia para hepatite B e C
  • teste de vírus da imunodeficiência humana (HIV)
  • Exame para vírus Epstein-Barr (EBV)
  • teste para vírus linfotrópico de células T humanas (HTLV)
  • RNM (cérebro, coluna)
  • ultrassonografia (mama, axila)
  • punção lombar
  • endoscopia e colonoscopia
  • eletroforese de proteínas séricas com imunofixação
  • imunoglobulinas quantitativas
  • microglobulina beta-2 sérica
  • Teste para Helicobacter pylori
  • angiografia sincronizada multinuclear (MUGA)
  • ecocardiografia
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Treatment algorithm

ONGOING

linfomas agressivos de células B

linfomas de células T agressivos

linfomas de células B indolentes

linfomas de células T indolentes

Contributors

Authors

Julie E. Chang, MD

Associate Professor

Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology & Oncology

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Madison

WI

Disclosures

JEC has been paid for time served on advisory boards for MorphoSys, BeiGene, and Genentech. JEC has research funding from Genentech and Celgene.

Acknowledgements

Dr Julie Chang would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Esther Chan, Dr Chin Hin Ng, Dr Melissa Ooi, Dr Michelle Poon, Dr Boris Kobrinsky, and Dr Kenneth B. Hymes, previous contributors to this topic.

Disclosures

EC, CHN, MO, BK, and KBH declare that they have no competing interests. MP has received sponsorship from Sanofi and Janssen to attend conferences.

Peer reviewers

Leonidas G. Koniaris, MD

Associate Professor Surgery

Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy

University of Miami School of Medicine

Coral Gables

FL

Disclosures

LGK declares that he has no competing interests.

Shankaranarayana Paneesha, MD, MRCP, FRCPath

Consultant Haematologist

Department of Haematology and Stem Cell Transplantation

Heartlands Hospital

Birmingham

UK

Disclosures

SP declares that he has no competing interests.

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References

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Key articles

National Comprehensive Cancer Network. NCCN clinical practice guidelines in oncology: B-cell lymphomas [internet publication].Full text

National Comprehensive Cancer Network. NCCN clinical practice guidelines in oncology: T-cell lymphomas [internet publication].Full text

Tilly H, Gomes da Silva M, Vitolo U, et al. Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL): ESMO clinical practice guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up. Ann Oncol. 2015 Sep;26(suppl 5):v116-25.Full text  Abstract

Vitolo U, Seymour JF, Martelli M, et al. Extranodal diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma: ESMO clinical practice guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up. Ann Oncol. 2016 Sep;27(suppl 5):v91-102.Full text  Abstract

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