title: Mistaken diagnoses of Hodgkin's disease.
abstract: This article reviews the frequency of and general types of diagnostic errors in Hodgkin's disease (HD) over the past several decades, discusses the most common diagnostic errors in the four histologic subtypes of HD today, and describes some of the clinical and pathologic features that may aid in avoiding a mistaken diagnosis of HD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, USA.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Braziel
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oyama
mesh_terms: D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D054278:Embryonal Carcinoma Stem Cells; D018858:Germinal Center / Q000473:pathology; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D016131:Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000473:pathology; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D014411:Neoplastic Stem Cells / Q000473:pathology