Hodgkins or Non-Hodgkins lymphoma, affects contiguous groups of lymph nodes more often?
Ans – Hodgkin’s lymphoma – It is a form of lymphoma that usually affects young people in their teens, 20’s and early 30’s. It most typically involves the cervical and mediastinal lymph node groups and spreads in a predictable pattern to contiguous lymph node groups On the other hand, Non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas are also much more frequently found arising in organ sites other than lymph nodes, such as stomach, lung, salivary glands and even such unlikely sites as brain. Recent studies have shown that a chronic infection of the stomach by a bacteria (Helicobacter pylori) has been associated with lymphomas arising in the stomach.
