TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Hodgkin Lymphoma A1 - Doherty, Gerard M. PY - 2010 T2 - Quick Answers Surgery AB - • A malignant neoplasm that originates in lymphoid tissue• Characterized histologically by the presence of Reed-Sternberg cells• Develops in lymph nodes and spreads in an orderly fashion to contiguous lymph node beds• Several histologic subtypes exist based on lymphocyte infiltration:-Nodular sclerosis: 70%-Mixed cellularity: 20%-Lymphocyte predominance: 6%-Lymphocyte depletion: 2%• Most important prognostic factor is the disease stage-Ann Arbor staging system most accepted classification SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58113088 ER -