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See ''[[Langerhans cell histiocytosis]]'' for details. | See ''[[Langerhans cell histiocytosis]]'' for details. | ||
==Lymph node hyalinization== | |||
===General=== | |||
*Benign. | |||
*Associated with aging.<ref name=pmid12973685>{{Cite journal | last1 = Taniguchi | first1 = I. | last2 = Murakami | first2 = G. | last3 = Sato | first3 = A. | last4 = Fujiwara | first4 = D. | last5 = Ichikawa | first5 = H. | last6 = Yajima | first6 = T. | last7 = Kohama | first7 = G. | title = Lymph node hyalinization in elderly Japanese. | journal = Histol Histopathol | volume = 18 | issue = 4 | pages = 1169-80 | month = Oct | year = 2003 | doi = | PMID = 12973685 }}</ref> | |||
===Microscopic=== | |||
Features: | |||
*Hyaline material (acellular pink stuff on H&E) within a lymph node. | |||
Subdivided into:<ref name=pmid12973685/> | |||
*Mediastinal-type. | |||
**Usually in medullary sinus. | |||
**Onion peel-like appearance. | |||
*Pelvic-type hyalinization. | |||
**Glassy, eosinophilic. | |||
**+/-Calcification. | |||
DDx: | |||
*[[Amyloidosis]]. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||