HODGKIN’S
LYMPHOMA
DR. SIDDHARTH
INTRODUCTION
 Characterized by the presence of tumor giant
cell
“ Reed-Sternberg cell”.
 It is classified into five subtypes:
1. Nodular Sclerosis
2. Mixed Cellularity
3. Lymphocyte Rich
4. Lymphocyte Depleted
5. Lymphocyte Predominance
“Reed-Sternberg cell”
DIFFERENCE
HODGKIN’ LYMPHOMA NON HODGKIN’S
LYMPHOMA
MORE OFTEN LOCALISED IN
SINGLE AXIAL GROUP OF
LYMPHNODES
MORE FREQUENT INVOLVEMENT
OF PERIPHERAL NODES
ORDERLY SPREAD BY
CONTIGUITY
NON CONTIGUOUS SPREAD
MESENTRIC LYMPHNODES AND
WALDAYER RING RARELY
INVOLVED
COMMONLY INVOLVED
EXTRA NODAL INVOLVEMENT
UNCOMMON
EXTRA NODAL INVOLVEMENT
COMMON
SPREAD
CLINICAL FEATURES
 PAINLESS ENLARGEMENT OF
LYMPHNODES IS THE COMMON
PRESENTING SYMPTOM.
 Can be associated with fever (Pel Ebstein
Fever) and night sweats in disseminated
disease.
 Wt loss > 10 % of body wt.
 A strange paraneoplastic syndrome in HL is
pain in the affected lymphnodes on
consumption of alcohol.
UNUSUAL MANIFESTATIONS
 Severe and unexplained itching
 Cutaneous disorders such as erythema
nodosum and icthyosis form atrophy.
 Nephrotic syndrome
 Immune hemolytic anemia and
thrombocytopenia
 Hypercalcemia
 Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration
NODULAR
SCLEROSIS
MIXED
CELLULARITY
LYMPHOCYTE
RICH
LYMPHOCYE
DEPLETED
LYMPHOCYTE
PREDOMINAN
T
MC TYPE OF
HL
MC TYPE IN
INDIA
ASSOCIATED
WITH HIV
INCIDENCE
EQUAL IN M &
F
M>F M>F M>F M>F
RS CELL
VARIANT IS
LACUNAR
CELL
MAXIMUM NO
OF RS CELLS
MONO
NUCLEAR RS
CELLS
MUMMIFIED,
NECROBIOTIC
POPCORN
CELLS
CD 15+, CD
30+
CD 15+, CD
30+
CD 15+, CD
30+
CD 15+, CD
30+
CD 20 +, BCL
6+ & EMA +
NOT
ASSOCIAT
WITH EBV
ASSOCIATED WITH EBV NOT
ASSOCIAT
WITH EBV
EXCELLENT
PROGNOSIS
PROGNOSIS
VERY GOOD
GOOD POOR
PROGNOSIS
EXCELLENT
PROGNOSIS
MORPHOLOGY
INVESTIGATIONS
 CBC- ANEMIA, EOSINOPHILIA,
NEUTROPHILIA
 ESR- RAISED
 LDH
 LFT AND RFT PRIOR TO RX
 CHEST RADIOGRAPH – MEDIASTINAL
MASS
 CT SCAN OF CHEST,ABDOMEN,PELVIS
FOR STAGING
 BONE MARROW BIOPSY
Ann Arbor staging
TREATMENT
 Patients with localised disease are cured 90%
of time.
 In patients with good prognostic factors,
extended field radiotherapy has a high cure
rate.
 Patients with more extensive disease or those
with B symptoms receive a complete course of
chemotherapy.
Cont….
 Chemotherapy regimens used in hodgkins
disease
ABVD REGIMEN MOPP REGIMEN
A- ADRIYAMYCIN M- MECHLORETHAMINE
B- BLEOMYCIN O- VINCRISTINE
V- VINBLASTINE P- PROCARBAZINE
D- DACARBAZINE
P- PREDNISONE
 Today in US most patients receive ABVD but a
weekly chemotherapy regimen administered
for 12 weeks called stanford V is becoming
increasingly popular.
 Patients who relapse after primary
chemotherapy can frequently still be cured.
 The most serious late side effects include:
1. Acute leukemias
2. Second malignancies- Lung, Breast
3. Coronary artery disease
4. Hypothyroidism
5. Lhermittes’s syndrome
6. Infertility
DD OF A LN BIOPSY
SUSPICIOUS FER HODGKIN’S
DISEASE
 INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS
 NON HODGKINS LYMPHOMA
 PHENYTOIN INDUCED ADENOPATHY
 NON LYMPHOMATOUS MALIGNANCIES
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Hodgkin’s lymphoma

  • 1.
  • 2.
    INTRODUCTION  Characterized bythe presence of tumor giant cell “ Reed-Sternberg cell”.  It is classified into five subtypes: 1. Nodular Sclerosis 2. Mixed Cellularity 3. Lymphocyte Rich 4. Lymphocyte Depleted 5. Lymphocyte Predominance
  • 3.
  • 4.
    DIFFERENCE HODGKIN’ LYMPHOMA NONHODGKIN’S LYMPHOMA MORE OFTEN LOCALISED IN SINGLE AXIAL GROUP OF LYMPHNODES MORE FREQUENT INVOLVEMENT OF PERIPHERAL NODES ORDERLY SPREAD BY CONTIGUITY NON CONTIGUOUS SPREAD MESENTRIC LYMPHNODES AND WALDAYER RING RARELY INVOLVED COMMONLY INVOLVED EXTRA NODAL INVOLVEMENT UNCOMMON EXTRA NODAL INVOLVEMENT COMMON
  • 5.
  • 6.
    CLINICAL FEATURES  PAINLESSENLARGEMENT OF LYMPHNODES IS THE COMMON PRESENTING SYMPTOM.  Can be associated with fever (Pel Ebstein Fever) and night sweats in disseminated disease.  Wt loss > 10 % of body wt.  A strange paraneoplastic syndrome in HL is pain in the affected lymphnodes on consumption of alcohol.
  • 7.
    UNUSUAL MANIFESTATIONS  Severeand unexplained itching  Cutaneous disorders such as erythema nodosum and icthyosis form atrophy.  Nephrotic syndrome  Immune hemolytic anemia and thrombocytopenia  Hypercalcemia  Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration
  • 8.
    NODULAR SCLEROSIS MIXED CELLULARITY LYMPHOCYTE RICH LYMPHOCYE DEPLETED LYMPHOCYTE PREDOMINAN T MC TYPE OF HL MCTYPE IN INDIA ASSOCIATED WITH HIV INCIDENCE EQUAL IN M & F M>F M>F M>F M>F RS CELL VARIANT IS LACUNAR CELL MAXIMUM NO OF RS CELLS MONO NUCLEAR RS CELLS MUMMIFIED, NECROBIOTIC POPCORN CELLS CD 15+, CD 30+ CD 15+, CD 30+ CD 15+, CD 30+ CD 15+, CD 30+ CD 20 +, BCL 6+ & EMA + NOT ASSOCIAT WITH EBV ASSOCIATED WITH EBV NOT ASSOCIAT WITH EBV EXCELLENT PROGNOSIS PROGNOSIS VERY GOOD GOOD POOR PROGNOSIS EXCELLENT PROGNOSIS
  • 9.
  • 10.
    INVESTIGATIONS  CBC- ANEMIA,EOSINOPHILIA, NEUTROPHILIA  ESR- RAISED  LDH  LFT AND RFT PRIOR TO RX  CHEST RADIOGRAPH – MEDIASTINAL MASS  CT SCAN OF CHEST,ABDOMEN,PELVIS FOR STAGING  BONE MARROW BIOPSY
  • 11.
  • 12.
    TREATMENT  Patients withlocalised disease are cured 90% of time.  In patients with good prognostic factors, extended field radiotherapy has a high cure rate.  Patients with more extensive disease or those with B symptoms receive a complete course of chemotherapy.
  • 13.
    Cont….  Chemotherapy regimensused in hodgkins disease ABVD REGIMEN MOPP REGIMEN A- ADRIYAMYCIN M- MECHLORETHAMINE B- BLEOMYCIN O- VINCRISTINE V- VINBLASTINE P- PROCARBAZINE D- DACARBAZINE P- PREDNISONE
  • 14.
     Today inUS most patients receive ABVD but a weekly chemotherapy regimen administered for 12 weeks called stanford V is becoming increasingly popular.  Patients who relapse after primary chemotherapy can frequently still be cured.
  • 15.
     The mostserious late side effects include: 1. Acute leukemias 2. Second malignancies- Lung, Breast 3. Coronary artery disease 4. Hypothyroidism 5. Lhermittes’s syndrome 6. Infertility
  • 16.
    DD OF ALN BIOPSY SUSPICIOUS FER HODGKIN’S DISEASE  INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS  NON HODGKINS LYMPHOMA  PHENYTOIN INDUCED ADENOPATHY  NON LYMPHOMATOUS MALIGNANCIES
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