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*Neoplastic - lymphoma, carcinoma.
*Neoplastic - lymphoma, carcinoma.
*Endocrine - [[hyperthyroidism]].
*Endocrine - [[hyperthyroidism]].
*Trauma.
*Trauma.  
*Autoimmune - [[SLE]], [[RA]], [[dermatomyositis]].
*Autoimmune - [[SLE]], [[RA]], [[dermatomyositis]].
*Inflammatory - drugs (phenytoin).
*Inflammatory - drugs (phenytoin).
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| melanin-laden histiocytes
| melanin-laden histiocytes
| [[histiocytosis]]
| [[histiocytosis]]
| S100+ve (interdigitating dendritic cells), CD1a+ve (Langerhans cells)
| [[S-100]]+ve (interdigitating dendritic cells), CD1a+ve (Langerhans cells)
| [[cutaneous T-cell lymphoma]]
| [[cutaneous T-cell lymphoma]]
| [[Image:Dermatopathic_lymphadenopathy_-_intermed_mag.jpg |thumb|center|150px| DL - intermed. mag.]]  
| [[Image:Dermatopathic_lymphadenopathy_-_intermed_mag.jpg |thumb|center|150px| DL - intermed. mag.]]  
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| [[Kimura disease]]
| [[Kimura disease]]
| eosinophils
| eosinophils
| angiolymphoid proliferation (thick-walled blood vessels with hobnail endothelial cells)
| angiolymphoid proliferation (thick-walled blood vessels with [[hobnail]] endothelial cells)
| IHC ?
| IHC ?
| [[Langerhans cell histiocytosis]], drug reaction, [[angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia]]
| [[Langerhans cell histiocytosis]], drug reaction, [[angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia]]
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| abundant histiocytes with reniform nuclei
| abundant histiocytes with reniform nuclei
| often prominent eosinophilia
| often prominent eosinophilia
| S100+, CD1a+
| [[S-100]]+, CD1a+
| [[Kimura disease]] (eosinophilia), [[Rosai-Dorfman disease]]
| [[Kimura disease]] (eosinophilia), [[Rosai-Dorfman disease]]
| [[Image:Langerhans_cell_histiocytosis_-_very_high_mag.jpg|thumb|center|150px|LCH - very high mag.]]
| [[Image:Langerhans_cell_histiocytosis_-_very_high_mag.jpg|thumb|center|150px|LCH - very high mag.]]
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| sinus histiocytosis
| sinus histiocytosis
| emperipolesis (intact cell within a macrophage)
| emperipolesis (intact cell within a macrophage)
| S100+, CD1a-
| [[S-100]]+, CD1a-
| Langerhans cell histiocytosis
| Langerhans cell histiocytosis
| [[Image:Emperipolesis_-_very_high_mag.jpg |thumb|center|150px | RDD - very high mag.]]  
| [[Image:Emperipolesis_-_very_high_mag.jpg |thumb|center|150px | RDD - very high mag.]]  
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==Lymph node metastasis==
==Lymph node metastasis==
===General===
{{Main|Lymph node metastasis}}
*Determination of ''lymph node status'' is one of the most common indications for the examination of lymph nodes.
*It is a good idea to look at the tumour (if available) ...before looking at the LNs for mets.
*Lymph node metastasis, in the absence of other metastases, often up-stage a cancer from [[cancer staging|stage]] II to stage III.
 
===Gross===
*Outside:
**"Large" - size varies by site.
***Neck >10 mm.<ref name=pmid18337039>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Mack | first1 = MG. | last2 = Rieger | first2 = J. | last3 = Baghi | first3 = M. | last4 = Bisdas | first4 = S. | last5 = Vogl | first5 = TJ. | title = Cervical lymph nodes. | journal = Eur J Radiol | volume = 66 | issue = 3 | pages = 493-500 | month = Jun | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.01.019 | PMID = 18337039 }}</ref>
**Shape - round more suspicious than oval.
*Sectioned:
**White firm lesion with irregular border - classic appearance.
**Non-fatty hilum.<ref name=pmid18337039/>
 
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Foreign cell population - '''key feature'''.
**Classic location: subcapsular sinuses.
*+/-Cells with cytologic features of malignancy.
**Nuclear pleomorphism (variation in size, shape and staining).
**Nuclear atypia:
***Nuclear enlargement.
***Irregular nuclear membrane.
***Irregular chromatin pattern, esp. asymmetry.
***Large or irregular nucleolus.
**Abundant mitotic figures.
*+/-Cells in architectural arrangements seen in malignancy; highly variable - dependent on tumour type and differentiation.
**+/-Gland formation.
**+/-Single cells.
**+/-Small clusters of cells.
 
Notes:
#Cytologic features of malignancy may not be present; some tumours, e.g. gallbladder carcinoma, do not always have overt cytologic features of malignancy.
#*The diagnosis is based on the fact that they are foreign to the lymph node ''and'' architecturally consistent with a well-differentiated malignancy.
#[[Soft_tissue_lesions#Lymph_node_metastases_in_sarcomas|Lymph node metastases in sarcomas]] are uncommon; they are seen in <3% of cases.<ref name=pmid8424704>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Fong | first1 = Y. | last2 = Coit | first2 = DG. | last3 = Woodruff | first3 = JM. | last4 = Brennan | first4 = MF. | title = Lymph node metastasis from soft tissue sarcoma in adults. Analysis of data from a prospective database of 1772 sarcoma patients. | journal = Ann Surg | volume = 217 | issue = 1 | pages = 72-7 | month = Jan | year = 1993 | doi =  | PMID = 8424704 | PMC = 1242736}}</ref>
#Fatty lymph nodes (esp. fatty hilus<ref name=pmid18337039>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Mack | first1 = MG. | last2 = Rieger | first2 = J. | last3 = Baghi | first3 = M. | last4 = Bisdas | first4 = S. | last5 = Vogl | first5 = TJ. | title = Cervical lymph nodes. | journal = Eur J Radiol | volume = 66 | issue = 3 | pages = 493-500 | month = Jun | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.01.019 | PMID = 18337039 }}</ref>) are less likely to harbor metastases.<ref name=pmid21972135>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Korteweg | first1 = MA. | last2 = Veldhuis | first2 = WB. | last3 = Mali | first3 = WP. | last4 = Diepstraten | first4 = SC. | last5 = Luijten | first5 = PR. | last6 = van den Bosch | first6 = MA. | last7 = Eijkemans | first7 = RM. | last8 = van Diest | first8 = PJ. | last9 = Klomp | first9 = DW. | title = Investigation of lipid composition of dissected sentinel lymph nodes of breast cancer patients by 7T proton MR spectroscopy. | journal = J Magn Reson Imaging | volume = 35 | issue = 2 | pages = 387-92 | month = Feb | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1002/jmri.22820 | PMID = 21972135 }}</ref>
 
DDx - mimics of metastatic disease:
*[[Endometriosis]].
*Ectopic [[decidua]].<ref name=pmid15859655>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Wu | first1 = DC. | last2 = Hirschowitz | first2 = S. | last3 = Natarajan | first3 = S. | title = Ectopic decidua of pelvic lymph nodes: a potential diagnostic pitfall. | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 129 | issue = 5 | pages = e117-20 | month = May | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1043/1543-2165(2005)129e117:EDOPLN2.0.CO;2 | PMID = 15859655 }}</ref>
*[[Endosalpingiosis]].<ref name=pmid20631604>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Corben | first1 = AD. | last2 = Nehhozina | first2 = T. | last3 = Garg | first3 = K. | last4 = Vallejo | first4 = CE. | last5 = Brogi | first5 = E. | title = Endosalpingiosis in axillary lymph nodes: a possible pitfall in the staging of patients with breast carcinoma. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 34 | issue = 8 | pages = 1211-6 | month = Aug | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181e5e03e | PMID = 20631604 }}</ref>
*Melanocytic nevus - intracapsular or within the trabeculae.<ref name=pmid12717252>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Biddle | first1 = DA. | last2 = Evans | first2 = HL. | last3 = Kemp | first3 = BL. | last4 = El-Naggar | first4 = AK. | last5 = Harvell | first5 = JD. | last6 = White | first6 = WL. | last7 = Iskandar | first7 = SS. | last8 = Prieto | first8 = VG. | title = Intraparenchymal nevus cell aggregates in lymph nodes: a possible diagnostic pitfall with malignant melanoma and carcinoma. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 27 | issue = 5 | pages = 673-81 | month = May | year = 2003 | doi =  | PMID = 12717252 }}</ref>
*[[Dermatopathic lymphadenopathy]].{{fact}}
*[[Sinus histiocytosis]] - especially for the junior resident.
 
====Images====
<gallery>
Image:Breast_carcinoma_in_a_lymph_node.jpg | Breast carcinoma LN metastasis (WC)
Image:Lymph_node_with_papillary_thyroid_carcinoma.jpg | Thyroid carcinoma LN metastasis (WC)
Image:Crc_met_to_node1.jpg | Colorectal carcinoma LN metastasis (WC)
Image:Lymph_node_with_metastatic_melanoma_-_by_Gabriel_Caponetti,_MD.jpg | Melanoma in a lymph node. (WC)
</gallery>
=====Mimics=====
<gallery>
Image:Decidua_in_a_lymph_node_-_low_mag.jpg | Decidua in a LN - low mag. (WC)
Image:Decidua_in_a_lymph_node_-_high_mag.jpg | Decidua in a LN - high mag. (WC)
Image:Endometriosis_lymph_node_-_2_-_intermed_mag.jpg | Endometriosis in a LN - intermed. mag. (WC)
Image:Endosalpingiosis_in_lymph_node_-_intermed_mag.jpg | Endosalpingiosis in a LN - intermed. mag. (WC)
Image:Endosalpingiosis_in_lymph_node_-_very_high_mag.jpg | Endosalpingiosis in a LN - very high mag. (WC)
</gallery>


==Kaposi sarcoma==
==Kaposi sarcoma==
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==Reactive follicular hyperplasia==
==Reactive follicular hyperplasia==
===General===
{{Main|Reactive follicular hyperplasia}}
*Many causes - including: bacteria, viruses, chemicals, drugs, allergens.
**In only approximately 10% can definitive cause be identified.<ref name=Ref_ILNP174>{{Ref_ILNP|174}}</ref>
 
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=Ref_ILNP179>{{Ref_ILNP|179}}</ref>
*Enlarged follicles, follicle size variation - '''key feature''' with:
**Large germinal centers (pale on H&E).
***Mitoses common.
***Variable lymphocyte morphology.
***Tingible-body macrophage (large, pale cells with junk in the cytoplasm).
***Germinal centers (GCs) have a crisp/sharp edge.
***Normal dark/light variation of GCs; superficial aspect light, deeper aspect darker.
**Rim of small (inactive) lymphocytes.
 
DDx:
*[[Hodgkin lymphoma]] - with rare Reed-Sternberg cells.
*Non-Hodgkin [[lymphoma]].
**T-cell/histiocyte-rich large B cell lymphoma.
 
Image: [http://pleiad.umdnj.edu/hemepath/normal_node/normal_node.html Normal lymph node (umdnj.edu)].
 
===IHC===
Screening panel:
*CD3.
*CD5.
*CD10.
*CD20.
*CD30.
*CD15.
 
Others:
*BCL2 -ve.


==Diffuse paracortical hyperplasia==
==Diffuse paracortical hyperplasia==
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==Systemic lupus erythematosus lymphadenopathy==
==Systemic lupus erythematosus lymphadenopathy==
===General===
{{Main|Systemic lupus erythematosus lymphadenopathy}}
*Lymphadenopathy associated with [[systemic lupus erythematosus]] (SLE).
 
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=pmid9406250>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kojima | first1 = M. | last2 = Nakamura | first2 = S. | last3 = Itoh | first3 = H. | last4 = Yoshida | first4 = K. | last5 = Asano | first5 = S. | last6 = Yamane | first6 = N. | last7 = Komatsumoto | first7 = S. | last8 = Ban | first8 = S. | last9 = Joshita | first9 = T. | title = Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) lymphadenopathy presenting with histopathologic features of Castleman' disease: a clinicopathologic study of five cases. | journal = Pathol Res Pract | volume = 193 | issue = 8 | pages = 565-71 | month =  | year = 1997 | doi =  | PMID = 9406250 }}</ref>
*Necrosis.
*Hematoxylin bodies (in necrotic foci).
**Dark blue irregular bodies on H&E.
 
DDx:
*[[Kikuchi disease]].
 
====Images====
<gallery>
Image:Systemic_lupus_erythematosus_lymphadenopathy_-_high_mag.jpg | SLE lymphadenopathy - high mag. (WC)
Image:Systemic_lupus_erythematosus_lymphadenopathy_-_very_high_mag.jpg | SLE lymphadenopathy - very high mag. (WC)
</gallery>


==Castleman disease==
==Castleman disease==
*[[AKA]] ''angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia'', ''giant lymph node hyperplasia''.<ref>URL: [http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/castleman-disease/DS01000 http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/castleman-disease/DS01000]. Accessed on: 17 June 2010.</ref>
*[[AKA]] ''angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia'', ''giant lymph node hyperplasia''.<ref>URL: [http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/castleman-disease/DS01000 http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/castleman-disease/DS01000]. Accessed on: 17 June 2010.</ref>
*Abbreviated '''CD'''.
*Abbreviated '''CD'''.
===General===
{{Main|Castleman disease}}
*Benign.
*Hyaline vascular variant - a pathology of the follicular dendritic cells.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Cokelaere | first1 = K. | last2 = Debiec-Rychter | first2 = M. | last3 = De Wolf-Peeters | first3 = C. | last4 = Hagemeijer | first4 = A. | last5 = Sciot | first5 = R. | title = Hyaline vascular Castleman's disease with HMGIC rearrangement in follicular dendritic cells: molecular evidence of mesenchymal tumorigenesis. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 26 | issue = 5 | pages = 662-9 | month = May | year = 2002 | doi =  | PMID = 11979097 }}</ref>
 
===Classification===
CD is grouped by histologic appearance:<ref name=Ref_ILNP228>{{Ref ILNP|228}}</ref>
#Hyaline vascular (HV) variant (described by Castleman).
#*Usually unicentric.
#*Typically mediastinal or axial.
#*More common than plasma cell variant; represents 80-90% of CD cases.
#*May be associated with [[follicular dendritic cell neoplasia]].<ref name=Ref_WMSP_596>{{Ref WMSP|596}}</ref>
#Plasma cell (PC) variant.
#*Usually multicentric, may be unicentric.
#*Abundant plasma cells.
#*Associated with [[HHV-8]] infection (the same virus implicated in ''Kaposi's sarcoma'').
 
Notes:
*The subclassification of CD is in some flux. Some authors advocate splitting-out ''HHV-8'' and ''multicentric'' as separate subtypes.<ref name=pmid19546611>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Cronin | first1 = DM. | last2 = Warnke | first2 = RA. | title = Castleman disease: an update on classification and the spectrum of associated lesions. | journal = Adv Anat Pathol | volume = 16 | issue = 4 | pages = 236-46 | month = Jul | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1097/PAP.0b013e3181a9d4d3 | PMID = 19546611 }}</ref>
 
===Microscopic===
====Hyaline-vascular variant====
Features:<ref>URL: [http://www.ispub.com/journal/the_internet_journal_of_otorhinolaryngology/volume_9_number_2_11/article/a_rare_case_of_castleman_s_disease_presenting_as_cervical_neck_mass.html http://www.ispub.com/journal/the_internet_journal_of_otorhinolaryngology/volume_9_number_2_11/article/a_rare_case_of_castleman_s_disease_presenting_as_cervical_neck_mass.html]. Accessed on: 15 June 2010.</ref><ref name=Ref_ILNP236>{{Ref ILNP|236}}</ref>
*Pale concentric (expanded) mantle zone lymphocytes - '''key feature'''.
**"Regressed follicles" - germinal center (pale area) is small.
*"Lollipops":
**Germinal centers fed by prominent (radially penetrating sclerotic) vessels; lollipop-like appearance.
*Two germinal centers in one follicle.
*Hyaline material (pink acellular stuff on H&E) in germinal center.
*Sinuses effaced (lost).
*Mitoses absent.
 
====Images====
<gallery>
Image:Castleman_disease_-_high_mag.jpg | CD HVV - "lollipop" sign - high mag. (WC)
Image:Castleman_disease_-_intermed_mag.jpg | CD HVV - showing expanded mantle zone - intermed. mag. (WC)
</gallery>
www:
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case115.html CD HVV - case 1 - several images (upmc.edu)].
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case301.html CD HVV - case 2 - several images (upmc.edu)].
 
====Plasma cell variant====
Features:<ref name=Ref_ILNP236>{{Ref ILNP|236}}</ref>
*Interfollicular sheets of plasma cells - '''key feature'''.
*Active germinal centers - mitoses present.
*Sinus perserved.
 
===IHC===
Hyaline-vascular variant:
*Stains to exclude [[mantle cell lymphoma]]:
**Cyclin D1.
 
Plasma cell variant:
*HHV-8 +ve.


==Cat-scratch disease==
==Cat-scratch disease==
*[[AKA]] ''Cat-scratch fever''.
*[[AKA]] ''cat scratch fever''.
===General===
{{Main|Cat scratch disease}}
*Infection caused ''[[Bartonella henselae]]'',<ref name=pmid19332922>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Jerris | first1 = RC. | last2 = Regnery | first2 = RL. | title = Will the real agent of cat-scratch disease please stand up? | journal = Annu Rev Microbiol | volume = 50 | issue =  | pages = 707-25 | month =  | year = 1996 | doi = 10.1146/annurev.micro.50.1.707 | PMID = 8905096 }}</ref> a gram-negative bacilla (0.3-1.0 x 0.6-3.0 micrometers) in chains, clumps, or singular.<ref name=Ref_ILNP110>{{Ref ILNP|110}}</ref>
*Treatment: antibiotics.
 
===Clinical===
Features:<ref name=Ref_ILNP113>{{Ref ILNP|113}}</ref>
*Usually unilateral.
**May be disseminated in individuals with immune dysfunction.
*Contact with cats.
 
===Micrograph===
Features:<ref name=Ref_ILNP113>{{Ref ILNP|113}}</ref>
*Necrotizing granulomas with:
**Neutrophils present in microabscess (necrotic debris) - '''key feature'''.
***Microabscesses often described as "stellate" (star-shaped).
*+/-Multinucleated giant cells.
 
Notes:
*May involve capsule or perinodal tissue.
 
DDx of stellate abscess in lymph nodes - ''cat split'':<ref name=pmid>URL: [http://www.dermpathmd.com/mnemonics/mnemonics_dermatopathology.htm http://www.dermpathmd.com/mnemonics/mnemonics_dermatopathology.htm]. Accessed on: 23 September 2011.</ref>
*Cat-scratch disease.
*[[Sporotrichosis]].
*[[Lymphogranuloma venereum]].
*[[Tularemia]].
 
====Images====
www:
*[http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?case=386&n=1 Cat-scratch disease (webpathology.com)].
*[http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?n=2&Case=386 Cat-scratch disease - high mag. (webpathology.com)]
<gallery>
Image:Cat_scratch_disease_-_very_low_mag.jpg | CSD - very low mag. - showing serpentine shaped microabscesses (WC)
Image:Cat_scratch_disease_-_low_mag.jpg | CSD - low mag. - showing serpentine shaped microabscesses (WC)
Image:Cat_scratch_disease_-b-_high_mag.jpg | CSD - high mag. - showing neutrophilic abscesses (WC)
</gallery>
 
===Stains===
*Warthin-Starry stain +ve.
 
===IHC===
*B. henselae IHC stain +ve - '''diagnostic'''.


==Toxoplasma lymphadenitis==
==Toxoplasma lymphadenitis==
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==Dermatopathic lymphadenopathy==
==Dermatopathic lymphadenopathy==
===General===
{{Main|Dermatopathic lymphadenopathy}}
*Lymphadenopathy associated with a skin lesion - '''key feature'''.
*May be benign ''or'' malignant (e.g. T-cell lymphoma).
 
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=ILNP226>{{Ref ILNP|226}}</ref>
*Abundant histiocytes & special histiocytes - in loose irregular clusters - located in the sinuses, i.e. sinus histiocytosis - '''key feature''':
**Do ''not'' form granuloma; may be similar to ''toxoplasma''.
*Plasma cells (medulla).
*Eosinophils.
 
Histiocytes & special histiocytes:
*Histiocytes:
**+/-Melanin pigment '''key feature''' (if present).
**Lipid-laden macrophages.
*Interdigitating dendritic cells:
**Need IHC to identify definitively.
*Langerhans cells:
**Classically have a kidney bean nuclei.
**Need IHC to identify definitively.
 
DDx:
*[[Metastatic]] [[malignant melanoma]] - (melanin) pigmented cells have nuclear atypia, not histiocytes.
*[[Sinus histiocytosis]] - no cells with melanin.
 
====Images====
<gallery>
Image:Dermatopathic_lymphadenopathy_-_very_low_mag.jpg | DL - very low mag. (WC)
Image:Dermatopathic_lymphadenopathy_-_low_mag.jpg | DL - low mag. (WC)
Image:Dermatopathic_lymphadenopathy_-_intermed_mag.jpg | DL - intermed. mag. (WC)
Image:Dermatopathic_lymphadenopathy_-_high_mag.jpg | DL - high mag. (WC)
Image:Dermatopathic_lymphadenopathy_-_very_high_mag.jpg | DL - very high mag. (WC)
</gallery>
 
===IHC===
*Interdigitating dendritic cells: S100 +ve, CD1a -ve.
*Langerhans cells: S100 +ve, CD1a +ve.


==Kimura lymphadenopathy==
==Kimura lymphadenopathy==
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*[[Amyloidosis]] - cotton candy-like appearance, usu. no calcifications.
*[[Amyloidosis]] - cotton candy-like appearance, usu. no calcifications.


Images:
====Images====
<gallery>
Image: Hyalinized lymph node -- intermed mag.jpg | Hyalinized LN - intermed. mag.
Image: Hyalinized lymph node - alt -- intermed mag.jpg | Hyalinized LN - intermed. mag.
Image: Hyalinized lymph node -- high mag.jpg | Hyalinized LN - high mag.
Image: Hyalinized lymph node -- very high mag.jpg | Hyalinized LN - very high mag.
</gallery>
www:
*[http://www.flickriver.com/photos/euthman/sets/72157594513987154/ Lymph node with amyloidosis - several images (flickriver.com)].
*[http://www.flickriver.com/photos/euthman/sets/72157594513987154/ Lymph node with amyloidosis - several images (flickriver.com)].
===Sign out===
*Not reported.


==See also==
==See also==

Latest revision as of 15:16, 16 February 2021

This article deals with non-haematologic malignant, i.e. metastases, and non-malignant lymph node pathology. An introduction to the lymph node is in the lymph nodes article.

Haematologic malignancies (in lymph nodes) are dealt with in other articles - see haematopathology and lymphoma.

Overview

Clinical:

  • Lymphadenopathy.

Differential diagnosis:[1]

  • Infectious - fungal, mycobacterial, viral, protozoal (Toxoplasma), bacterial (Chlamydia, Rickettsia, Bartonella)).
  • Neoplastic - lymphoma, carcinoma.
  • Endocrine - hyperthyroidism.
  • Trauma.
  • Autoimmune - SLE, RA, dermatomyositis.
  • Inflammatory - drugs (phenytoin).
  • Idiopathic - sarcoidosis.

Overview in a table

Entity Key feature Other findings IHC DDx Image
Non-specific reactive follicular hyperplasia (NSRFH) large spaced cortical follicles tingible body macrophages, normal dark/light GC pattern BCL2 -ve infection (Toxoplasmosis, HIV/AIDS), Hodgkin's lymphoma image ?
Lymph node metastasis foreign cell population, usu. in subcapsular sinuses +/-nuclear atypia, +/-malignant architecture dependent on tumour type (see IHC) dependent on morphology, endometriosis (mimics adenocarcinoma), ectopic decidua (mimics SCC)
CRC metastasis
Breast metastasis
Progressive transformation of germinal centers large (atypical) germinal centers poorly demarcated germinal center (GC)/mantle zone interfaces, expanded mantle zone IHC to r/o nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma (NLPHL) NLPHL, follicular hyperplasia
PTGC - very low mag.
Toxoplasmosis large follicles; epithelioid cells perifollicular & intrafollicular reactive GCs, monocytoid cell clusters, epithelioid cells IHC for toxoplasma NSRFH, HIV/AIDS, Hodgkin's lymphoma
TL - low mag.
Kikuchi disease (histiocystic necrotizing lymphadenitis) No PMNs histiocytes, necrosis IHC for large cell lymphoma (CD30 + others) SLE (has (blue) hematoxylin bodies in necrotic areas), large cell lymphomas
HNL - very high mag.
Cat-scratch disease PMNs in necrotic area "stellate" (or serpentine) shaped microabscesses, granulomas B. henselae, Dieterle stain HIV/AIDS, NSRFH
Cat scratch - very low mag.
Dermatopathic lymphadenopathy melanin-laden histiocytes histiocytosis S-100+ve (interdigitating dendritic cells), CD1a+ve (Langerhans cells) cutaneous T-cell lymphoma
DL - intermed. mag.
Kimura disease eosinophils angiolymphoid proliferation (thick-walled blood vessels with hobnail endothelial cells) IHC ? Langerhans cell histiocytosis, drug reaction, angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia
Kimura disease - very high mag.
Langerhans cell histiocytosis abundant histiocytes with reniform nuclei often prominent eosinophilia S-100+, CD1a+ Kimura disease (eosinophilia), Rosai-Dorfman disease
LCH - very high mag.
Rosai-Dorfman disease sinus histiocytosis emperipolesis (intact cell within a macrophage) S-100+, CD1a- Langerhans cell histiocytosis
RDD - very high mag.
Systemic lupus erythematosus lymphadenopathy (blue) hematoxylin bodies necrosis, no PMNs IHC for large cell lymphoma (CD30 + others) Kikuchi disease, large cell lymphomas
SLEL - high mag.
Castleman disease, hyaline vascular variant thick mantle cell layer with laminar appearance ("onion skin" layering) hyaline (pink crap), lollipops (large vessels into GC), no mitoses in GC IHC - to r/o mantle cell lymphoma mantle cell lymphoma, HIV/AIDS
CD - intermed. mag.
Castleman disease, plasma cell variant thick mantle cell layer sinus perserved, interfollicular plasma cells, mitoses in GC HHV-8 HIV/AIDS image ?
Intranodal palisaded myofibroblastoma spindle cells with nuclear palisading RBC extravasation, fibrillary bodies with a central vessel "amianthoid fibers" SMA+, cyclin D1+ schwannoma
IPM - very high mag.

Follicular lymphoma vs. reactive follicular hyperplasia

Factors to consider:[2]

Reactive follicular
hyperplasia 		Follicular lymphoma
Follicle location cortex cortex and medulla
Germinal center edge sharp/well-demarcated poorly demarcated
Germinal center density well spaced, sinuses open crowded, sinuses effaced/
compressed to nothingness
Tingible body
macrophages 		common uncommon
Germinal center
light/dark pattern 		normal abnormal

Lymph node metastasis

Main article: Lymph node metastasis

Kaposi sarcoma

Main article: Kaposi sarcoma
  • One of the few non-lymphoid primary lymph node tumours.[3]

Melanocytic nevi

Main article: Melanocytic lesions
See: Dermatopathic lymphadenopathy.
  • Benign melanocytic nevi can be found in lymph nodes.[3]

Progressive transformation of germinal centers

Main article: Progressive transformation of germinal centers
  • Abbreviated as PTGC.

Reactive follicular hyperplasia

Main article: Reactive follicular hyperplasia

Diffuse paracortical hyperplasia

General

  • Benign.

Microscopic

Features:[4]

  • Interfollicular areas enlarged - key feature.
    • T cell population increased.
    • Plasma cells.
    • Macrophages.
    • Large Reed-Sternberg-like cells.

Sinus histiocytosis

Should not be confused with sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy, also known as Rosai-Dorfman disease.
Main article: Sinus histiocytosis

Kikuchi disease

  • AKA histiocytic necrotising lymphadenitis (HNL).[5]
  • AKA Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease.
Main article: Kikuchi disease

Systemic lupus erythematosus lymphadenopathy

Main article: Systemic lupus erythematosus lymphadenopathy

Castleman disease

  • AKA angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia, giant lymph node hyperplasia.[6]
  • Abbreviated CD.
Main article: Castleman disease

Cat-scratch disease

  • AKA cat scratch fever.
Main article: Cat scratch disease

Toxoplasma lymphadenitis

Main article: Toxoplasma

General

  • Caused by protozoan Toxoplasma gondii.

Microscopic

Features:[7]

  • Reactive germinal centers (pale areas - larger than usual).
    • Often poorly demarcated - due to loose epithelioid cell clusters at germinal center edge - key feature.
  • Epithelioid cells - perifollicular & intrafollicular.
    • Loose aggregates of histiocytes (do not form round granulomas):
      • Abundant pale cytoplasm.
      • Nucleoli.
  • Monocytoid cells (monocyte-like cells) - in cortex & paracortex.
    • Large cells in islands/sheets key feature with:
      • Abundant pale cytoplasm - important.
      • Well-defined cell border - important.
      • Singular nucleus.
    • Cell clusters usually have interspersed neutrophils.

Images:

Notes:

  • Monocytoid cells CD68 -ve.

IHC

  • IHC for toxoplasmosis.

Dermatopathic lymphadenopathy

Main article: Dermatopathic lymphadenopathy

Kimura lymphadenopathy

Main article: Kimura disease

Rosai-Dorfman disease

  • Abbreviated RDD.
  • AKA sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy, abbreviated SHML.
Main article: Rosai-Dorfman disease

Langerhans cell histiocytosis

Main article: Langerhans cell histiocytosis

Lymph node hyalinization

  • AKA hyalinized lymph node.

General

  • Benign.
  • Associated with aging.[8]

Microscopic

Features:

  • Hyaline material (acellular pink stuff on H&E) within a lymph node.

Subdivided into:[8]

  • Mediastinal-type.
    • Usually in medullary sinus.
    • Onion peel-like appearance.
  • Pelvic-type hyalinization.
    • Discrete round, eosinophilic, glassy appearance at low power, whirled/fibrous at high power.
    • +/-Calcification.

DDx:

  • Amyloidosis - cotton candy-like appearance, usu. no calcifications.

Images

  • Hyalinized LN - intermed. mag.

  • Hyalinized LN - intermed. mag.

  • Hyalinized LN - high mag.

  • Hyalinized LN - very high mag.

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  • Not reported.

See also

References

  1. ↑ URL: http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case289.html. Accessed on: 14 January 2012.
  2. ↑ DB. 4 August 2010.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bigotti, G.; Coli, A.; Mottolese, M.; Di Filippo, F. (Sep 1991). "Selective location of palisaded myofibroblastoma with amianthoid fibres.". J Clin Pathol 44 (9): 761-4. PMC 496726. PMID 1918406. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC496726/.
  4. ↑ Ioachim, Harry L; Medeiros, L. Jeffrey (2008). Ioachim's Lymph Node Pathology (4th ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 179. ISBN 978-0781775960.
  5. ↑ Kaushik V, Malik TH, Bishop PW, Jones PH (June 2004). "Histiocytic necrotising lymphadenitis (Kikuchi's disease): a rare cause of cervical lymphadenopathy". Surgeon 2 (3): 179–82. PMID 15570824.
  6. ↑ URL: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/castleman-disease/DS01000. Accessed on: 17 June 2010.
  7. ↑ Ioachim, Harry L; Medeiros, L. Jeffrey (2008). Ioachim's Lymph Node Pathology (4th ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 113. ISBN 978-0781775960.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Taniguchi, I.; Murakami, G.; Sato, A.; Fujiwara, D.; Ichikawa, H.; Yajima, T.; Kohama, G. (Oct 2003). "Lymph node hyalinization in elderly Japanese.". Histol Histopathol 18 (4): 1169-80. PMID 12973685.
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