Hodgkin disease lymphocyte predominance type
- Hodgkin disease lymphocyte predominance type
- a type of Hodgkin disease characterized by a diffuse to slightly nodular infiltrate with abundant mature lymphocytes and varying numbers of benign histiocytes; there are few Reed-Sternberg cells and the degree of malignancy is low. Most patients are males under age 35. Called also paragranuloma.
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