Hodgkin disease lymphocyte depletion type

Hodgkin disease lymphocyte depletion type
a type of Hodgkin disease characterized by a low number of lymphocytes and an abundance of Reed-Sternberg cells with fibrosis; it is the most aggressive of the three diffuse types of Hodgkin disease. Called also Hodgkin sarcoma.

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