Difference between revisions of "Lymph node pathology"

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Features (the three main features - just as the name suggests):<ref>URL: [http://www.ispub.com/journal/the_internet_journal_of_head_and_neck_surgery/volume_1_number_1_30/article_printable/kikuchi_s_lymphadenitis_in_a_young_male.html http://www.ispub.com/journal/the_internet_journal_of_head_and_neck_surgery/volume_1_number_1_30/article_printable/kikuchi_s_lymphadenitis_in_a_young_male.html]. Accessed on: 1 June 2010.</ref>
Features (the three main features - just as the name suggests):<ref>URL: [http://www.ispub.com/journal/the_internet_journal_of_head_and_neck_surgery/volume_1_number_1_30/article_printable/kikuchi_s_lymphadenitis_in_a_young_male.html http://www.ispub.com/journal/the_internet_journal_of_head_and_neck_surgery/volume_1_number_1_30/article_printable/kikuchi_s_lymphadenitis_in_a_young_male.html]. Accessed on: 1 June 2010.</ref>
*Histiocytes.
*Histiocytes.
*Necrosis (due to apoptosis) - paracortical areas.<ref name=pmid20121621/>  
**May be crescentic.
*Necrosis (due to apoptosis) - paracortical areas.<ref name=pmid20121621/>
**Necrosis without neutrophils - '''key feature'''.
*Lymphocytes (CD8 +ve).
*Lymphocytes (CD8 +ve).
*Plasmacytoid dendritic cells.
*Plasmacytoid dendritic cells.


Negatives:
*No PMNs.


Notes:
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