A patient is admitted with fatigue; discomfort; enlarged, painless cervical lymph nodes; and pruritus. A lymph node biopsy yields a diagnosis of Hodgkin's disease
The nurse is aware that the abnormal cells noted by the pathologist in Hodgkin's disease are called a. Rodem-Lee cells.
b. Bullus-Frendelenburg cells.
c. Stevens-Jorgens cells.
d. Reed-Sternberg cells.
D
The presence of Reed-Sternberg cells remains a hallmark of the presence of Hodgkin's disease.
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