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*Large bizarre cells can occasionally mimic Reed-Sternberg cells, seen in [[Hodgkin lymphoma]]. | *Large bizarre cells can occasionally mimic Reed-Sternberg cells, seen in [[Hodgkin lymphoma]]. | ||
===Differential diagnosis=== | |||
*[[Carcinoma]] - esp. [[small cell carcinoma]]. | |||
*[[Anaplastic large cell lymphoma]] (ALCL). | |||
*[[Follicular lymphoma]]. | |||
**If a nodular architecture is present it is follicular lymphoma. | |||
*[[Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder]] (PTLD) - in organ transplant recipients. | |||
*Primary effusion lymphoma - seen in [[HIV]] infections. | |||
*Mixed cellularity [[Hodgkin lymphoma]] - esp. for T-cell/histiocyte-rich large B cell lymphoma. | |||
*B-cell lymphoma, unclassifiable, with features intermediate between diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and classical Hodgkin lymphoma.<ref name=pmid22222636>{{Cite journal | last1 = Gualco | first1 = G. | last2 = Natkunam | first2 = Y. | last3 = Bacchi | first3 = CE. | title = The spectrum of B-cell lymphoma, unclassifiable, with features intermediate between diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and classical Hodgkin lymphoma: a description of 10 cases. | journal = Mod Pathol | volume = | issue = | pages = | month = Jan | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1038/modpathol.2011.200 | PMID = 22222636 | URL = http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/modpathol2011200a.html }}</ref> | |||
*Other [[small round cell tumours]]. | |||
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*Primary effusion lymphoma - associated with [[human immunodeficiency virus]]. | *Primary effusion lymphoma - associated with [[human immunodeficiency virus]]. | ||
*Lymphomatoid granulomatosis. | *Lymphomatoid granulomatosis. | ||
==IHC== | ==IHC== |
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