AIIMS MAY 2017: Pathology Q6

Q-6. A patient presented with complaints of fever and right sided neck swelling. A biopsy from the swelling revealed normal lympho-mononuclear cells with interspersed Reed Sternberg cells. On immuno-histochemistry, these cells were found to be CD-20 positive, while they were negative for CD-30, CD-15 and EBV LMP. What is the diagnosis?
a) Nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin’s lymphoma
b) Lymphocyte rich Hodgkin’s lymphoma
c) Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
d) Small Cell lymphoma

Answer: Nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin’s lymphoma