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Diagnosis:
Diagnosis:
*HL cannot be diagnosed with standard flow cytometry (FC) - but has been diagnosed with specialized FC.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Fromm JR, Thomas A, Wood BL |title=Flow cytometry can diagnose classical hodgkin lymphoma in lymph nodes with high sensitivity and specificity |journal=Am. J. Clin. Pathol. |volume=131 |issue=3 |pages=322–32 |year=2009 |month=March |pmid=19228638 |doi=10.1309/AJCPW3UN9DYLDSPB |url=}}</ref>
*HL cannot be diagnosed with standard flow cytometry (FC) - but has been diagnosed with specialized FC.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Fromm JR, Thomas A, Wood BL |title=Flow cytometry can diagnose classical hodgkin lymphoma in lymph nodes with high sensitivity and specificity |journal=Am. J. Clin. Pathol. |volume=131 |issue=3 |pages=322–32 |year=2009 |month=March |pmid=19228638 |doi=10.1309/AJCPW3UN9DYLDSPB |url=}}</ref>
==HL subtypes==
Types:<ref name=Ref_WMSP567/>
*Classical HL (CHL) - ~95% of HL.
*Nodular lymphocyte-predominant HL (NLPHL) - ~5% of HL.


==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
Features:
===Microscopic===
*Reed-Sternberg cell (by definition).
By definition, HL has Reed-Sternberg cells (RSCs).
 
Features (classic HL):
*Reed-Sternberg cell.
**Large binucleated cell.
**Large binucleated cell.
**Macronucleolus - approximately the size of a RBC (~8 micrometers).
**Macronucleolus - approximately the size of a RBC (~8 micrometers).
**Well-defined cell border.
**Well-defined cell border.


Images:
Images (classic HL):
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hodgkin_lymphoma_cytology_large.jpg HL mixed cellularity - cytology (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hodgkin_lymphoma_cytology_large.jpg HL mixed cellularity - cytology (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hodgkin_lymphoma_cytology_small.jpg HL mixed cellularity - cytology (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hodgkin_lymphoma_cytology_small.jpg HL mixed cellularity - cytology (WC)].
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hodgkin_lymphoma_%281%29_mixed_cellulary_type.jpg HL mixed cellularity (WC)].
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hodgkin_lymphoma_%281%29_mixed_cellulary_type.jpg HL mixed cellularity (WC)].


==HL subtypes==
Features (Nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin's lymphoma):
Types:<ref name=Ref_WMSP567/>
*Cells (relatively) small (compared to classic RSCs).
*Classical HL (CHL) - ~95% of HL.
*Lobulated nucleus - '''key feature'''.
*Nodular lymphocyte-predominant HL (NLPHL) - ~5% of HL.
*Small nucleoli.
 
Image (NLPHL):
*[http://webpathology.com/image.asp?case=388&n=16 Popcorn cell (webpathology.com)].


==Classical HL==
==Classical HL==
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==Nodular lymphocyte-predominant HL==
==Nodular lymphocyte-predominant HL==
*AKA ''lympho-histiocytic variant''.
*AKA ''lympho-histiocytic variant''.
 
*Abbreviated ''NLPHL''.
Features:
*Different IHC and morphologic appearance that classic HL; see ''Microscopic'' (above).
*The diagnostic cells in this variant: relatively small, lobulated nucleus, small nucleoli.
 
Image:
*[http://webpathology.com/image.asp?case=388&n=16 Popcorn cell (webpathology.com)].


==IHC==
==IHC==
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