Lymphoma Diagnosis

This Harvard Medical School Continuing Education video examines these key questions: When should clinicians suspect a lymphoma diagnosis? How are diagnoses of lymphoma subtypes made?

Dr. Connor Johnson, an oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, reviews the presentations of different types of lymphomas while identifying important principles in making diagnoses. The pros and cons of different biopsy techniques for diagnosing lymphoma subtypes are discussed.

00:00 | Introduction
00:37 | Histologic presentations of lymphomas
01:41 | Important principles in diagnosing lymphoma
02:36 | Overview of biopsy techniques for diagnosing lymphoma subtypes
04:38 | Summary

This video was peer reviewed by Dr. Jonathan Salik, TMD, MHPEd, Instructor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital; and Dr. Sugantha Sundar, MD, Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, to validate the quality and accuracy of the content. It was edited by affiliate physicians of Harvard Medical School, Arielle J Medford, MD, Senior Medical Oncology Fellow, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Anna Handorf, MD, Research Fellow in Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital.

References:
Swerdlow SH, Campo E, Harris NL, et al. WHO Classification of Tumors of Haematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissues. 4th ed. International Agency for Research on Cancer; 2017. 

Notice: At this time, the content in this video is not accredited.