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'''Hodgkin's lymphoma''', abbreviated ''HL'', a malignancy that afflicts people in the prime of their life. | '''Hodgkin's lymphoma''', abbreviated ''HL'', is a malignancy that afflicts people in the prime of their life. Fortunately, it usually has a good prognosis. | ||
Pathologists say "... it is both the easiest and hardest diagnosis to make." The reason for this is: the diagnosis depends on finding Reed-Sternberg cells; if they are obvious the diagnosis is easy... if you can't find 'em and an alternative diagnosis is not apparent -- you wonder whether you're missing them. | |||
==Clinical== | ==Clinical== | ||