What are different types of Adult Hodgkin Lymphoma?

What are different types of Adult Hodgkin Lymphoma?

The two main types of Hodgkin lymphoma are: classic and nodular lymphocyte-predominant.

Most Hodgkin lymphomas are the classic type. When a sample of lymph node tissue is looked at under a microscope, Hodgkin lymphoma cancer cells, called Reed-Sternberg cells, may be seen. The classic type is broken down into the following four subtypes:

• Nodular sclerosing Hodgkin lymphoma.
• Mixed cellularity Hodgkin lymphoma.
• Lymphocyte depletion Hodgkin lymphoma.
• Lymphocyte-rich classic Hodgkin lymphoma.

Nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin lymphoma is rare and tends to grow more slowly than classic Hodgkin lymphoma. Nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin lymphoma often occurs as a swollen lymph node in the neck, chest, armpits, or groin. Most people do not have any other signs or symptoms of cancer at diagnosis. Treatment is often different from classic Hodgkin lymphoma.