Is Cytology Safest Modality Available in Armamentarium for Diagnosis of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in Pregnancy?

Abstract

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is one of the curable diseases in pregnancy. Since pregnant females are immuno-compromised, so it is important to know about the course and progression of this common entity in pregnancy. Fine needle aspiration cytology is minimally invasive and a safe approach to diagnose and subtype such cases as early diagnosis and effective treatment will lead to better outcome of the mother and fetus. Here we present a case of nodular sclerosis Hodgkin's lymphoma in a pregnant female diagnosed on cytology with histopathological confirmation and immuno-histochemical analysis.