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==Hodgkin's lymphoma==
==Hodgkin's lymphoma==
{{main|Hodgkin's lymphoma}}
{{main|Hodgkin's lymphoma}}
===General===
*Abbreviated ''HL''.


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:
By definition, HL has Reed-Sternberg cells (RSCs).
*Reed-Sternberg cell (by definition).
 
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 (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_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)].
Features (Nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin's lymphoma):
*Cells (relatively) small (compared to classic RSCs).
*Lobulated nucleus - '''key feature'''.
*Small nucleoli.
Image (NLPHL):
*[http://webpathology.com/image.asp?case=388&n=16 Popcorn cell (webpathology.com)].


==Follicular lymphoma==
==Follicular lymphoma==
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