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Linfoma de Hodgkin

Definición:

Es una malignidad (cáncer) del tejido linfoide que se localiza en los ganglios linfáticos, el bazo, el hígado y la médula ósea.

Nombres alternativos:

Enfermedad de Hodgkin

Causas, incidencia y factores de riesgo:

El primer signo de este cáncer a menudo es un ganglio linfático agrandado que aparece sin una causa conocida. La enfermedad se puede diseminar a los ganglios linfáticos adyacentes y posteriormente se puede propagar a los pulmones, el hígado o la médula ósea.

Se desconoce la causa de este linfoma y es más común entre personas de 15 a 35 y de 50 a 70 años de edad.

Sistema linfático

Linfoma maligno - TC

Enfermedad de Hodgkin, compromiso hepático

Estructuras del sistema inmune

Fecha de revisión: 5/3/2006
Versión en inglés revisada por: William Matsui, MD, Assistant Professor of Oncology, Division of Hematologic Malignancies, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc.

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