Internal Medicine Board Review - DiscWrite CD Promotions
Internal Medicine Board Review - DiscWrite CD Promotions
Internal Medicine Board Review - DiscWrite CD Promotions
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Hodgkin Disease<br />
Di Diagnosis i<br />
• It is a B-cell malignancy<br />
•lymph y p node biopsy* p y look for Reed-<br />
Sternberg giant cell (“owl eye cell”)<br />
– 2% to 3% of the cells in an affected lymph node<br />
• Do not order needle biopsy*<br />
• Exploratory laparotomy is now not<br />
performed as a staging modality<br />
– Due to the use of systemic chemotherapy