A client is diagnosed with a rare lymphoma that reveals Reed-Sternberg cells. The nurse notes a painless swelling in a lymph node and suspects this client's condition is:
a. acute myelocytic leukemia c. Hodgkin's lymphoma
b. chronic lymphocytic leukemia d. non-Hodgkin's lym-phoma
C
Hodgkin's disease (Hodgkin's lymphoma) is a rare lymphoma that usually arises as a painless swelling in a lymph node. There are two types of Hodgkin's disease (HD), the classical Hodgkin's disease and the nodular lymphocyte predominance Hodgkin disease (NLPHD). HD has an abnormal B lymphocyte that is larger than normal lymphocytes. The abnormal B lymphocytes are known as Reed-Sternberg cells (Hodgkin cells) and confirm the diagnosis when biopsied from a swollen lymph node.
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