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Types of Hodgkins Lymphoma


Types of Hodgkins Lymphoma

Hodgkins Lymphoma is divided into Classical Hodgkins disease and nodular predominant Hodgkins disease.

The two main types of Hodgkins lymphoma are:

I. Classical Hodgkins lymphoma.

Classical Hodgkin lymphoma is divided into four subtypes, based on how the cancer cells look under a microscope:

  •  Lymphocyte-rich - Classical Hodgkin lymphoma.
  •  Lymphocyte-depleted Hodgkin lymphoma.
  •  Nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma.
  •  Mixed cellularity Hodgkin lymphoma.
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II. Nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkins lymphoma.

In the Nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkins disease, the malignant Reed-Sternberg cells express B cell markers, such as CD20. This type may eventually progress to develop diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

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