SLC26A4 and Hodgkins lymphoma: Mutations in the SLC26A4 gene (Solute carrier family 26, member 4/pendrin, 7q22.3, OMIM 605646) are considered to be the second commonest cause of hereditary HL in most world populations, at least in East Asia (Japan, Korea, China) and Mongolia [6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13].