Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Hodgkin's lymphoma
Hodgkin lymphoma or more commonly known as Hodgkin's disease.
hodkin's disease is distinguished from other lumphomas by the precence of large, cancerour lymphocytes known as reed-sternberg cells.
Lymphocytes are found concentrated in a few places in the body. Lymph Nodes Spleen Appendix & intestines. If lymphocytes become cancerous, they are called a lymphoma. But, since lymph nodes are part of a fluid filtration system they are a frequent place for other cancers to metastasize.
MALT lymphoma is a form of lymphoma involving the lymphoid tissue, frequently of the stomach. MALT lymphoma is a cancer of the B-cell lymphocytes. It usually affects older people who are in their 60s.
Hodgkin's lymphoma
Hodgkin's Lymphoma -M.D.
According to my oncologist at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, once the mantle cell lymphoma starts to spread it can migrate to the spleen where it causes the spleen to start to identify all B-lymphocytes, not just cancerous ones, as foreign and in need of being eliminated from the blood. When this happens natural immunity is lost and the body becomes subject to opportunistic infections. Death then follows.
Cancerous growths of lymphoid tissue that progress slowly to more aggressive forms of cancer.
A polymorphous population of lymphocytes is usually a good sign; More of a reactive process. A monomorphic population is suspicious for lymphoma. Hope this helps.
Lymphomas can be divided into two main types: Hodgkin's lymphoma or Hodgkin's disease, and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas.
T Cell Lymphoma is technically a form of cancer. In this situation, B-Lymphocytes, also known as B-Cells and T-Lymphocytes (T-Cells), grow abnormally. One could potentially make some overgrowth jokes on the subject, or perhaps mix mathematical growth jokes into their act.