Clinical features of Hodgkin's disease in Cuba and Sweden.

A clinical study of 182 Swedish and 164 Cuban consecutive adult patients with Hodgkin's disease was performed comparing age, sex, histopathology, clinical stage, symptoms, and various laboratory tests. A bimodal age distribution was observed which was more pronounced in the Swedish series. A male/female ratio 1.

Ammoniacal silver staining of lymph node cells. II. Reactive follicular hyperplasia and its relationship with Hodgkin's disease.

Lymph node biopsy specimens from 150 cases of reactive follicular hyperplasia, 52 cases of Hodgkin's disease and 30 cases of chronic lymphadenitis were studied. Clinical follow-up of cases for a period of two years at least was also considered. Formalin fixed and paraffin embedded tissues were stained with hematoxylin and eosin, and ammoniacal silver.

Ammoniacal silver staining of lymph node cells. I. its potential value for the diagnosis of Hodgkin's disease.

Lymph node biopsy specimens from 76 cases of Hodgkin's disease, 23 non-Hodgkin's lymphomas and 19 reactive affections of lymph nodes were studied. Formalin-fixed and paraffin embedded tissues were stained with hematoxylin and eosin, and post-formalin ammoniacal silver staining was used after BLACK and ANSLEY. The presence of basic protein accumulation in the cytoplasm of both Sternberg and Hodgkin cells was confirmed.