Lymphoid leukemia
A MALIGNANT LYMPHOCYTIC NEOPLASM OF B-CELL OR T-CELL LINEAGE INVOLVING PRIMARILY THE BONE MARROW AND THE PERIPHERAL BLOOD. THIS CATEGORY INCLUDES PRECURSOR OR ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIAS AND CHRONIC LEUKEMIAS.
Lymphatic leukemia; Lymphocytic leukemia; Lymphoid leukemias; Leukemia, lymphocytic; Lymphatic leukaemia; Leukemia, t-cell; Leukemia, b-cell; Lymphoid leukaemia; B cell leukemia; T cell leukemia; Lymphoid neoplasm; Lymphoid cancer; B-cell malignancies
Lymphoid leukemias are a group of leukemias affecting circulating lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell. The lymphocytic leukemias are closely related to lymphomas of the lymphocytes, to the point that some of them are unitary disease entities that can be called by either name (for example, adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma).