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classic Hodgkin lymphoma

cHL, classic Hodgkin’s disease, classical Hodgkin lymphoma

Subtypes

- nodular sclerosing Hodgkin lymphoma
- mixed cellularity Hodgkin lymphoma
- lymphocyte rich classical Hodgkin lymphoma
- lymphocytic depleted Hodgkin lymphoma (lymphocyte depletion)

  • diffuse fibrose variant
  • reticular variant

Microscopical synopsis

- heterogenous population
- Sternberg cells
- Hodgkin cells

Variants

- interfollicular Hodgkin lymphoma (6859389)

Associations

- mantle cell lymphoma (14576485, 14657719)

Differential diagnosis

- nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma
- reactive lymphadenitis (3366442)

Cytgenetics

- t(l4;18)
- t(2;5)
- del(lp)
- dup(lq)
- del(6q)
- del(7q)
- Chr.4 rearrangments

  • 4q25-28 rearrangements

See also

- Hodgkin lymphomas

References

- Hammerschmidt W, Sugden B. Epstein-Barr virus sustains Burkitt’s lymphomas and Hodgkin’s disease. Trends Mol Med. 2004 Jul;10(7):331-6. PMID: 15242681