Question 11 1. Justine, a 39-year-old female, has recently been diagnosed with l

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Question 11 1. Justine, a 39-year-old female, has recently been diagnosed with lymphoma. She has a family history of several cancers, but not lymphoma. Her personal medical history includes mononucleosis, asthma, and two full-term pregnancies and vaginal births. Before her diagnosis, she had been feeling "generally sick" and felt several lumps on her neck and armpits. She had a fever that wouldn't go away and had been waking up sweaty in the middle of the night. Microscopy showed the presence of Reed Sternberg cells. Based on the information given, which of the type of lymphoma does Justine have? Non-Hodgkin lymphoma Hodgkin lymphoma c Lymphocytic lymphoma Burkitt's lymphoma

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Q.11. Based on the information given, which of the type of lymphoma does Justine have?

Answer:- Hodgkin lymphoma

Explanation:- As Justine felt several lumps on her neck and armpits with intermittent fever , sickness feelings and more importantly microscopy showed the presence of Reed sternburg cells which all are associated symptoms of Hodgkin lymphoma.

Q.12. Reed sternburg cells are derived from which type of normal cell?

Answer:- B lymphocytes

Explanation:- Reed sternburg cells

are the giant binucleate or multinucleate cells derived from B lymphocytes and found in lymph nodes in Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Q.13. Which of Justine’s symptoms signify the presence of lymphadenopathy?

Anwer:- Lymph nodes are significant part of immune system and found in various part of body such as neck and arm pits. As Justine have lumps in neck and armpits that are swollen lymph nodes, she have fever without any infectious cause and night sweats. These symptoms signify to lymphadenopathy

Q.14. Aside from the symptoms noted in Justine’s case , list and briefly describe 3 other symptoms of lymphoma.

Answer:- 3 Symptoms of lymphoma, other than noted in Justine’ case are as follow:-

I) Itching: It is discovered that chemicals released from lymphoma cancer fighting cells make skin prone to itching without rashes.

ii) Weight loss: During lymphoma, cancerous cells can burn up lot of body’s energy resources while body tries to fight these cells off, results in severe weight loss.

iii) chills and cough : Lymphoma related fever is accompanied by chills and persistent cough

In some cases of lymphoma, there is increased sensitivity towards alcohol or pain in lymph nodes after drinking alcohol is also noticed.

Q.15. Lymphoma is definitively diagnosed by which of the following procedures?

Answer:- Lymph node biopsy

Explanation: If swelling in lymph nodes persist, lymph node biopsy is the definitively producers for the presence of cancerous cells associated with lymphoma.

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