lacunar cell

lacunar cell
a variant of the Reed-Sternberg cell, typically having a single nucleus surrounded by an ample, pale-staining cytoplasm enclosed in a sharply defined cell membrane; it is primarily associated with nodular sclerosis type Hodgkin disease.

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