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'''Hodgkin lymphoma''', abbreviated ''HL'', is a malignancy that afflicts people in the prime of their life. Fortunately, it usually has a good prognosis. | '''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. | ||