Hematologic Malignancies USMLE Step 1 Practice Question
A 24-year-old woman comes to the physician because of a painless enlarging mass on the left side of her neck for 2 months. She has had intermittent fevers and night sweats. Excisional lymph node biopsy shows large binucleate cells with prominent eosinophilic nucleoli in an inflammatory background. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
Answer choices
- AHairy cell leukemia
- BChronic lymphocytic leukemia
- CDiffuse large B-cell lymphoma
- DBurkitt lymphoma
- EHodgkin lymphomaCorrect answer
- FInfectious mononucleosis with reactive lymphocytes
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