REAL classification

REAL classification

a classification of lymphoma first published in 1994 and based on the correlation of clinical features of lymphomas with their histopathology and immunophenotype and genotype of neoplastic cells; groups lymphoproliferative diseases into chronic leukemia/lymphoma, nodal or extranodal lymphoma, acute leukemia lymphoma, plasma cell disorders, and Hodgkin disease. [Revised European-American lymphoma classification]

REAL classification

Revised European-American Lymphoma classification Hematology A new system for classifying lymphomas, proposed by the Intl Lymphoma Study group, intended to classify lymphoma that are known clinical entities; unique to the REAL classification is recognition of arbitrary nature of the distinction between lymphocytic leukemias and certain lymphomas. See Lymphoma. Cf Working Formulation.

REAL clas·si·fi·ca·tion

(rēl klas'i-fi-kā'shŭn) A classification of lymphoma first published in 1994 based on the correlation of clinical features of lymphomas with their histopathology and immunophenotype and genotypeof neoplastic cells; groups lymphoproliferative diseases into chronic leukemia-lymphoma, nodal or extranodal lymphoma, acute leukemia lymphoma, plasma cell disorders, and Hodgkin disease. [Revised European-American Lymphoma classification]