Difference between revisions of "Sinus histiocytosis"

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{{ Infobox diagnosis
| Name      = {{PAGENAME}}
| Image      = Sinus histiocytosis -- intermed mag.jpg
| Width      =
| Caption    = Sinus histiocytosis. [[H&E stain]].
| Micro      = sinuses distended with histiocytes without atypia
| Subtypes  =
| LMDDx      = [[Rosai-Dorfman disease]], [[dermatopathic lymphadenopathy]], [[lymph node metastasis]]
| Stains    =
| IHC        = CD68 +ve, S-100 -ve, pankeratin -ve
| EM        =
| Molecular  =
| IF        =
| Gross      =
| Grossing  =
| Site      = [[lymph node]] - see ''[[lymph node pathology]]''
| Assdx      =
| Syndromes  =
| Clinicalhx = variable
| Signs      =
| Symptoms  =
| Prevalence = common
| Bloodwork  =
| Rads      =
| Endoscopy  =
| Prognosis  = benign
| Other      =
| ClinDDx    = other causes of lymphadenopathy esp. [[lymphoma]], [[lymph node metastasis]]
}}
'''Sinus histiocytosis''', abbreviated '''SH''', is a common finding in [[lymph nodes]].   
'''Sinus histiocytosis''', abbreviated '''SH''', is a common finding in [[lymph nodes]].   


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Features:<ref name=Ref_ILNP179>{{Ref_ILNP|179}}</ref>
Features:<ref name=Ref_ILNP179>{{Ref_ILNP|179}}</ref>
*Sinuses distended with histiocytes - '''key feature'''.
*Sinuses distended with histiocytes - '''key feature'''.
**Histocytes: abundant foamy cytoplasm, +/-anthrocotic pigment.
**Histocytes: abundant foamy cytoplasm, +/-[[anthracotic pigment]] and/or [[yellow bodies]].
*[[Plasma cell]]s increased.
*[[Plasma cell]]s increased.


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*[[Rosai-Dorfman disease]] - histiocytes have a large round nucleus (~2-3x the size of a lymphocyte) with a prominent nucleolus.
*[[Rosai-Dorfman disease]] - histiocytes have a large round nucleus (~2-3x the size of a lymphocyte) with a prominent nucleolus.
*[[Dermatopathic lymphadenopathy]] - histiocytes have (melanin) pigment.
*[[Dermatopathic lymphadenopathy]] - histiocytes have (melanin) pigment.
*[[Lymph node metastasis]] - usually not difficult if one compares with the germinal center macrophages and the primary tumour.
*[[Lymph node metastasis]] - usually not difficult to exclude, esp. if one compares the germinal center macrophages and the primary tumour.


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*CD68 +ve.
*CD68 +ve.
*S-100 -ve.
*S-100 -ve.
*Pankeratin -ve.
**Used to excluded metastatic carcinoma.


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