aggressive NK-cell leukemia
MONDO:0019470Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names aggressive NK-cell leukemia yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A rare, highly aggressive, Epstein-Barr virus-associated leukemia, also known as aggressive NK-cell leukemia/lymphoma; it may represent the leukemic counterpart of nasal type extranodal NK/T-cell lymphomas. It affects primarily teenagers and young adults. It is characterized by the systemic proliferation of NK cells in the peripheral blood, bone marrow, liver, and spleen.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0019470), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
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Resolves to: aggressive NK-cell leukemia
- Also called
- aggressive NK-cell leukaemia (morphologic abnormality)aggressive NK-cell leukemia (morphologic abnormality)aggressive NK-cell leukemia/lymphomaaggressive NK-cell lymphomaANKCLleukaemia (disease) of natural killer cellleukemia (disease) of natural killer cellnatural killer cell leukaemia (disease)natural Killer cell leukemianatural killer cell leukemia (disease)NK cell leukaemiaNK cell leukemiaNK-cell large granular lymphocyte leukaemiaNK-cell large granular lymphocyte leukemiaNK-cell leukaemia