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Hodgkin's vs. Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

greetings once again another day another video with medicos perfection Alice let's talk about Hodgkin's versus non-hodgkins lymphoma [Music] so Hodgkin's lymphoma is local adenopathy non-hodgkins on the other hand is adenopathy plus extra noodle nodal and extra nodal Hodgkin's Israeli extra nodal I'm not saying it's impossible I'm saying it's less likely there is contagious spread no contagious spread in non hodgkins in Hodgkins usually no hepatosplenomegaly and no leukemic face non-hodgkin's it's common to see if as splenomegaly and leukemic face also I'm not saying that no hepatomegaly whatsoever it's rare it's less common than non-hodgkin's Hodgkins has the famous Reed Sternberg cell non Hodgkin's has no such cell Hodgkin's affect young adults non Hodgkin's people or men in their mid 50's Hodgkin's has a better prognosis which means more curable non Hodgkin's has a worse prognosis we usually treat Hodgkins with radiation plus chemotherapy because it's local and the chemotherapy that we use is a BVD adriamycin bleomycin vinblastine dacarbazine non Hodgkin's on the other hand we use the chopped regiment cyclophosphamide doxorubicin van kristin and prednisone and sometimes we add right toxsa map to it so it's our chart we are all set thank you so much for watching this is medicals perfection Alice until next time don't forget to subscribe