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Oncohematology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (AF, FP, GP, FV); Istituto Oncologico Veneto (CM); Department of Pathology (FM); Padua University School of Medicine, Padova, Italy
Correspondence: Fabrizio Vianello, MD, Second Chair of Medicine, Padua University Hospital, via Giustiniani 1, 35100 Padua, Italy. Phone: +39.049.8212971. Fax: +39.049.8212661. E-mail: fabvian{at}unipd.it
Lymphomas of different histologic type can occur in the same patient. Two types of lymphomas can be diagnosed in the same lymph node (composite lymphoma) or in different sites. In the latter case, terms as simultaneous and sequential have been proposed to define the detection of two lymphomas at the same time or at different times, respectively.