Malignant Lymphoma, Large Cell, Cleaved

**Semantic type:** Neoplastic Process

**Definition:** Antiquated term describing non-Hodgkin lymphomas that are usually diffuse and are composed of large cells with irregular nuclei, invisible nucleoli and a small amount of cytoplasm. This morphologic category includes both mature B- and mature T-cell lymphomas.

**Synonyms:** - Malignant lymphoma, large cell, cleaved, NOS - Malignant lymphoma, large cleaved cell, NOS