Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma – Immunohistochemsitry

CHL Immunohistochemical Features:
Positive in the malignant cells in almost all cases.  Membrane staining with Golgi area positivity.
Positive in the malignant cells in a majority of cases (75-85%).  The staining pattern is similar to CD30.  It should be noted that there is a lot a variability lab to lab in the performance of the antibody.
Usually negative
Dim expression in the lymphoma cells in >90% of the cases.  Helpful in differentiating cases from anapestic large cell lymphoma, which may be CD45 negative.
Usually negative, but may have dim variable subset expression in up to 20% of cases.
Rarely positive in the lymphoma cells.
Usually positive and usually intense.
EBV
Variable
Rarely positive and usually weak if positive.
OCT-2
Negative in 90% of cases.
Negative in 90% of cases.
Negative or dim expression
Negative.
 
References
Hematopathology. [edited by] Jaffe, ES. 1st. ed. Elsevier, Inc. © 2011.
 
Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease.  V Kumar, et al. 9th Edition. Elsevier Saunders. 2015.
 
WHO Classification of Tumors of Haematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissues.  SH Swerdlow, et al. International Agency for Research on Cancer. Lyon, 2008.