Difference between revisions of "Burkitt lymphoma"

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==Microscopic==

Features:

*"Starry-sky pattern".

*"Starry-sky pattern":

**The ''stars'' in the pattern are: tingible-~~bodies laden~~ macrophages.

**The ''stars'' in the pattern are: tingible-body macrophages.

***''[[Tingible-~~bodies~~ macrophages]]'' = macrophages containing ~~dead body of~~ apoptotic ~~tumor~~ cells.

***''Tingible-body macrophages'' = macrophages containing apoptotic tumour cells.

**The tumour cells are the sky.

*Tumour cells:<ref name=pmid12610094/>

**Medium ~~size cells~~ (~1.5-2x the size of a RBC) with uniform size ("monotonous") -- '''key feature'''.

**Medium-sized (~1.5-2x the size of a RBC) with uniform size ("monotonous") -- '''key feature'''.

**Round ~~nuclei~~.

**Round nucleus.

**Small ~~nucleolus~~.

**Small nucleoli.

**Relatively abundant cytoplasm.

**Brisk mitotic rate.

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 ==Microscopic==
 Features:
-*"Starry-sky pattern".
+*"Starry-sky pattern":
-**The ''stars'' in the pattern are: tingible-bodies laden macrophages.
+**The ''stars'' in the pattern are: tingible-body macrophages.
-***''[[Tingible-bodies macrophages]]'' = macrophages containing dead body of apoptotic tumor cells.
+***''Tingible-body macrophages'' = macrophages containing apoptotic tumour cells.
 **The tumour cells are the sky.
 *Tumour cells:<ref name=pmid12610094/>
-**Medium size cells (~1.5-2x the size of a RBC) with uniform size ("monotonous") -- '''key feature'''.
+**Medium-sized (~1.5-2x the size of a RBC) with uniform size ("monotonous") -- '''key feature'''.
-**Round nuclei.
+**Round nucleus.
-**Small nucleolus.
+**Small nucleoli.
 **Relatively abundant cytoplasm.
 **Brisk mitotic rate.