Clinicopathological significance of CD79a expression in classic Hodgkin lymphoma

Classic Hodgkin lymphoma (CHL) is a lymphoid neoplasia characterized by the presence of large tumor cells, referred to as Hodgkin and Reed-Sternberg (HRS) cells, originating from B-cells in an inflammatory background. As the clinical significance of B-cell markers has yet to be fully elucidated, this study aimed to clarify the clinicopathological significance of CD79a in 55 patients with CHL. They were immunohistochemically divided into two...