- Reed-Hodgkin disease
- Reed-Hodg·kin disease (rēdґ hojґkin) [D. Reed; Thomas Hodgkin, English physician, 1798–1866] Hodgkin disease.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Reed-Hodgkin disease
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Hodgkin disease — A type of lymphoma, a cancer that develops in the lymph system, part of the body s immune system. Because there is lymph tissue in many parts of the body, Hodgkin disease can start in almost any part of the body. The cancer can spread to almost… … Medical dictionary
Hodgkin disease lymphocyte depletion type — a type of Hodgkin disease characterized by a low number of lymphocytes and an abundance of Reed Sternberg cells with fibrosis; it is the most aggressive of the three diffuse types of Hodgkin disease. Called also Hodgkin sarcoma … Medical dictionary
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… … Medical dictionary
Hodgkin disease mixed cellularity type — a type of Hodgkin disease intermediate between the lymphocyte predominance and lymphocyte depletion types; Reed Sternberg cells are plentiful and there are more inflammatory cells, such as eosinophils and plasma cells, than in the lymphocyte… … Medical dictionary
Hodgkin disease nodular sclerosis type — a type of Hodgkin disease in which Reed Sternberg cells are in the form of lacunar cells and bands of collagen divide the lymphoid tissue into nodules; there are varying numbers of lymphocytes and inflammatory cells such as eosinophils and plasma … Medical dictionary
Hodgkin disease — A cancer of the immune system that is marked by the presence of a type of cell called the Reed Sternberg cell. Symptoms include the painless enlargement of lymph nodes, spleen, or other immune tissue. Other symptoms include fever, weight loss,… … English dictionary of cancer terms
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Reed cells — Reed Sternberg cells giant histiocytic cells, typically multinucleate, most often binucleate with the two halves of the cell appearing as mirror images of each other; the nuclei are enclosed in abundant amphophilic cytoplasm and contain prominent … Medical dictionary
Hodgkin-Krankheit — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 C81.0 Lymphozytenreiche Form C81.1 Nodulär sklerosierende Form C81.2 Gemischtzellige F … Deutsch Wikipedia
