Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: Overview
- Previous year questions on Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: Overview for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the Pathology section of the exam.
- Most questions here come from previous-year papers of Indian postgraduate medical entrance and licensing exams; where a paper and year are recorded the question carries them. The image-based questions are original vignettes written around an openly licensed figure, and were never asked in any exam.
- 8 live questions in Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: Overview.
- Pathology is worth about 25 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 6 Sept 2026.
Q1.Epstein-Barr virus-associated lymphomas are all of these except:
- ANK T-cell lymphoma
- BNodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin's lymphoma✓ Correct answer
- CPlasmablastic lymphoma
- DLymphomatoid granulomatosis
Q2.A new marker for mantle cell lymphoma especially useful in Cyclin D1 negative cases is:
- ASOX 11✓ Correct answer
- BAnnexin V
- CMYD88
- DIRTA1
Q3.A 63-year old man presented with massive splenomegaly, lymphadenopathy and a total leucocyte count of 17000 per mm3. The flow cytometery showed CD 19 positive, CD 5 positive, CD 23 negative, monoclonal B-cells with bright kappa positively comprising 80% of the peripheral blood lymphoid cells. The most likely diagnosis is:
- AMantle cell lymphoma✓ Correct answer
- BSplenic lymphoma with villous lymphocytes
- CFollicular lymphoma
- DHairy cell leukemia
Q4.Commonest site for extranodal lymphoma is
- ALiver
- BStomach✓ Correct answer
- CSmall intestine
- DLarge intestine
Q5.Which of the viruses is not commonly implicated in the pathogenesis of Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas?
- AHuman T-cell leukemia virus-1 (HTLV-1)
- BEpstein-Barr virus (EBV)
- CHuman herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8)
- DCytomegalovirus (CMV)✓ Correct answer
Q6.Most common extranodal site of lymphoma in HIV is?
- ACNS✓ Correct answer
- BGIT
- CRetroperitoneum
- DMediastinum
Answer key
Q1: B. Nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin's lymphoma; Q2: A. SOX 11; Q3: A. Mantle cell lymphoma; Q4: B. Stomach; Q5: D. Cytomegalovirus (CMV); Q6: A. CNS.
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