A Humorous Take on How Lymphoma Got Its Name
This meme presents a fictional, lighthearted dialogue explaining the naming convention of lymphomas. It depicts a scenario where a registrar asks two doctors for their names to categorize the diseases. While the first doctor is named Dr. Hodgkins, leading to the classification of Hodgkin's lymphoma, the second doctor provides a long, complex, and nonsensical name, resulting in the classification of 'Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.' The joke relies on the absurdity of the second doctor's name to explain the medical terminology used to distinguish between the two primary categories of this cancer.
lol true, but NHL covers a wide array of lymphomas: Mantle Cell, Follicular, Diffuse Large B, Burkitt, Marginal, SLL, and that's just B cells (there are also T cell Lymphomas, which are rarer)
follicular lymphoma a form of non
Hehe. Cancer
Chemo, the most expensive haircut in the world.
I hoped this was true but sadly it wasnt. still a bit funny tho
And he named it backwards, most lymphoma is Non-Hodgkins lymphoma.
I read the joke... Hope I dont get it
Why smush together the entire name like that? Is it because your joke doesn't work if you acknowledge the existence of spaces?
... of Ulm.
What a GĂĽtersloh thing to say... German surnames mixed with first names.