KROK 1 2015 – Question 64 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
During histological analysis of the lymph node situated in the posterior neck triangle of an 18-year-old patient a morphologist detected a cluster of cells including the following: isolated multinucleate Reed-Sternberg cells, large and small Hodgkin’s cells and numerous lymphocytes, isolated plasma cells, eosinophils. What disease has developed in the patient?
- A. Nodular lymphoma
- B. Lymphocytic lymphoma
- C. Lymphogranulomatosis
- D. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
- E. Burkitt’s lymphoma
Hint
Ask what disease is defined by the particular multinucleate giant cells together with a mixed, polymorphous cellular background in a lymph node.
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