Hematologic Malignancies USMLE Step 1 Practice Question
A 24 year old man presents with painless cervical lymphadenopathy, low grade fever, and drenching night sweats. He reports that the nodes become painful after drinking alcohol. Excisional lymph node biopsy shows large binucleate cells with prominent eosinophilic nucleoli in a mixed inflammatory background. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
Answer choices
- ADiffuse large B cell lymphoma
- BBurkitt lymphoma
- CFollicular lymphoma
- DHodgkin lymphomaCorrect answer
- EMultiple myeloma
- FInfectious mononucleosis
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