Hodgkin lymphoma
lymphoma that is marked classically by the presence of Reed-Sternberg cells
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Summary
Hodgkin lymphoma is a class of disease[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of class of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,052 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: symptom or sign[3]
- Named after: Thomas Hodgkin[4]
- Subclass of: lymphoma[5]
- Commons category: Hodgkin's lymphoma[6]
- Opposite of: non-Hodgkin lymphoma[7]
- ICPC 2 ID: B72[8]
- Has cause: Epstein–Barr virus infection[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Hodgkin lymphoma[10]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11]
- ICD-9-CM: 201.0[12], 201.2[13], 201.1[14], 201[15], 201.9[16]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C26956[17], C9357[18], C6914[19]
- Health specialty: hematology[20]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: doxorubicin[21], bleomycin[22], vinblastine[23], dacarbazine[24]
- Genetic association: GATA3[25], TCF3[26], CLSTN2[27], EOMES[28], IL13[29], PVT1[30]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_8567[31], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:8567[32], http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_98293[33]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[34]
Why It Matters
Hodgkin lymphoma has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 108 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]