label: Hodgkin morphology cells
label_lc: hodgkin morphology cells
description: "Hodgkin cells are typically large and often show very large nucleoli and sometimes binucleation or multinucleation. Reed-Sternberg cells are a type of Hodgkin cell that is binucleated with very large nucleoli that stains slightly red on H&E stained sections (often said to mimic owl eyes). Other Hodgkin cell morphologies include cells that are dying with dark basophilic (blue) nuclei that appear somewhat smudged (mummified cells) and cells with a large space around or adjacent to the nuclei and retracted cytoplasm after tissue fixation (lacunar cells). Hodgkin cells are characteristic of Hodgkin lymphoma, however several non-Hodgkin lymphomas and noN-neoplastic conditions are known to sometimes show a few similar morphology cells."