What's the difference between Reactive and Predominant?

Posted by dazlin @dazlin, Jun 22, 2019

Is there a difference in lymphoid nodules Reactive vs predominate?

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Jun 23, 2019

Hi @dazlin
Google returns few clear, plain language answers regarding the definitions of "reactive and predominant lymphoid nodules". As I posted in the CAR-T group, here's an extensive article from Science Direct on
– Lymph nodes https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/lymph-node

Additionally I found the following:
"Nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin lymphoma (NLPHL) is a type of lymphoma that develops from abnormal B lymphocytes (B cells, which are a type of white blood cell). NLPHL is not very common – around 1 in 20 cases (5%) of Hodgkin lymphoma are NLPHL."
In this case predominant means that lymphocytes are the predominant cell type.

What Are Reactive Lymph Nodes? https://www.healthline.com/health/reactive-lymph-node

Can you share more about why you are researching these terms? What context did you read about them? In a lab report?