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'''Hodgkin | '''Hodgkin 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. | 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. | ||
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==Clinical== | ==Clinical== | ||
Symptoms:<ref name=Ref_WMSP567>{{Ref WMSP|567}}</ref> | Symptoms:<ref name=Ref_WMSP567>{{Ref WMSP|567}}</ref> | ||
* | *"B symptoms":<ref>URL: [http://lymphoma.about.com/od/symptoms/f/bsymptoms.htm http://lymphoma.about.com/od/symptoms/f/bsymptoms.htm]. Accessed on: 11 August 2010.</ref> fever, night sweats, weight loss. | ||
*Infections (due to immune dysfunction). | *Infections (due to immune dysfunction). | ||