Types of Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Hodgkin’s lymphoma is classified into two broad types:
1) Classical Hodgkin’s lymphoma which is thought to be mostly related to Epstein-Barr virus infection and is subdivided into 4 types:
- Nodular sclerosing
- Lymphocyte depleted
- Lymphocyte rich
- Mixed cellularity
2) Non classical Hodgkin’s which is also called lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma.
Those types are classified according to the appearance of cells under the microscope and generally speaking, types with more lymphocytes than cancer cells tend to have better outcomes than those with low lymphocyte content.