Question 16 (part 2) · LEK · Lymphomas and other systemic tumors

The enlargement of lymh nodes in Hodgkin’s lymphoma typically progresses:

  1. A. slowly – the medical history is usually long.
  2. B. rapidly – nodal lesions can double in size within a dozen or so hours.
  3. C. in young children quickly, and in adolescents slowly.
  4. D. in young children slowly, and in adolescents quickly.
  5. E. in Hodgkin’s lymphoma, lymph nodes are rarely enlarged.
Hint

Compare the indolent course of Hodgkin disease with the very short doubling time of Burkitt lymphoma.

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