CRP and Hodgkins lymphoma: There have also been described elevated CRP levels in about 70% of HL cases at the time of diagnosis, neutrophilic leukocytosis, as well as elevated serum ferritin, serum haptoglobin, plasma fibrinogen, serum Interleukin IL-6 or even serum hepcidin levels [13,19,20,21,22,23].