Classical Hodgkin's Disease and Follicular Lymphoma Originating From the Same Germinal Center B Cell

Abstract

The neoplastic cells of the Hodgkin's disease and the follicular lymphoma that occurred in this patient derived from a common precursor B cell. Its differentiation stage could be identified as that of a germinal center B cell. Thus, transforming events can be more important than the cell of origin in determining a disease entity.