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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) | |||
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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) | |||
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==Kaposi sarcoma== | ==Kaposi sarcoma== |
Revision as of 20:32, 26 June 2013
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) | |
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 | |
Toxoplasmosis | large follicles; epithelioid cells perifollicular & intrafollicular | reactive GCs, monocytoid cell clusters, epithelioid cells | IHC for toxoplasma | NSRFH, HIV/AIDS, Hodgkin's lymphoma | |
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 | |
Cat-scratch disease | PMNs in necrotic area | "stellate" (or serpentine) shaped microabscesses, granulomas | B. henselae, Dieterle stain | HIV/AIDS, NSRFH | |
Dermatopathic lymphadenopathy | melanin-laden histiocytes | histiocytosis | S100+ve (interdigitating dendritic cells), CD1a+ve (Langerhans cells) | cutaneous T-cell lymphoma | |
Kimura disease | eosinophils | angiolymphoid proliferation (thick-walled blood vessels with hobnail endothelial cells) | IHC ? | Langerhans cell histiocytosis, drug reaction, angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia | |
Langerhans cell histiocytosis | abundant histiocytes with reniform nuclei | often prominent eosinophilia | S100+, CD1a+ | Kimura disease (eosinophilia), Rosai-Dorfman disease | |
Rosai-Dorfman disease | sinus histiocytosis | emperipolesis (intact cell within a macrophage) | S100+, CD1a- | Langerhans cell histiocytosis | |
Systemic lupus erythematosus lymphadenopathy | (blue) hematoxylin bodies | necrosis, no PMNs | IHC for large cell lymphoma (CD30 + others) | Kikuchi disease, large cell lymphomas | |
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 | |
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 |
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
General
- 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 stage II to stage III.
Gross
- Outside:
- "Large" - size varies by site.
- Neck >10 mm.[3]
- Shape - round more suspicious than oval.
- "Large" - size varies by site.
- Sectioned:
- White firm lesion with irregular border - classic appearance.
- Non-fatty hilum.[3]
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.
- Mimics of metastatic disease:
- Endometriosis.
- Ectopic decidua.[4]
- Endosalpingiosis.[5]
- Lymph node metastases in sarcomas are uncommon; they are seen in <3% of cases.[6]
- Fatty lymph nodes (esp. fatty hilus[3]) are less likely to harbor metastases.[7]
Images
Images (mimics):
Kaposi sarcoma
- One of the few non-lymphoid primary lymph node tumours.[8]
Melanocytic nevi
- Benign melanocytic nevi can be found in lymph nodes.[8]
Progressive transformation of germinal centers
- Abbreviated as PTGC.
Microscopic
Features:
- Follicular hyperplasia (many follicles).
- Focally large germinal centers with:
- Poorly demarcated germinal center (GC)/mantle zone interfaces (as GCs infiltrated by mantle zone lymphocytes) -- key feature.[9]
- Expanded mantle zone.
Images:
Reactive follicular hyperplasia
General
- Many causes - including: bacteria, viruses, chemicals, drugs, allergens.
- In only approximately 10% can definitive cause be identified.[10]
Microscopic
Features:[11]
- 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.
- Large germinal centers (pale on H&E).
IHC:
- BCL2 -ve.
Image: Normal lymph node (umdnj.edu).
Diffuse paracortical hyperplasia
General
- Benign.
Microscopic
Features:[11]
- Interfollicular areas enlarged - key feature.
- T cell population increased.
- Plasma cells.
- Macrophages.
- Large Reed-Sternberg-like cells.
Sinus histiocytosis
General
- Benign.
- Non-specific finding.
Microscopic
Features:[11]
- Sinuses distended with histiocytes - key feature.
- Plasma cells increased.
DDx:
- Rosai-Dorfman disease - histiocyte nuclei large (~2-3x lymphocyte) and round with a prominent nucleoli.
- Dermatopathic lymphadenopathy - histiocytes have (melanin) pigment.
Sign out
- The finding is often ignored; may be signed out as morphologically benign lymph nodes.
Kikuchi disease
General
Epidemiology:[13]
- Usually <40 years old.
- Asian.
- Female:Male = 3:1.[14]
Treatment:
- Usually self-limited.[13]
- Oral corticosteroids.
DDx:
- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
- Systemic lupus erythematosus.
- Have hematoxyphil bodies in necrotic foci.
- Dark blue irregular bodies on H&E.
- Have hematoxyphil bodies in necrotic foci.
Micrograph
Features (the three main features - just as the name suggests):[15]
- Histiocytes.
- May be crescentic.
- Necrosis (due to apoptosis) - paracortical areas.[13]
- Necrosis without neutrophils - key feature.
- Lymphocytes (CD8 +ve).
- Plasmacytoid dendritic cells.
Notes:
- Dendritic cell - vaguely resembles a macrophage:[16]
- Long membrane projections - key feature.
- Abundant blue-grey cytoplasm, +/- ground-glass appearance.
- Nucleus: small, ovoid, usu. single nucleolus.
Images:
- WC:
- www:
IHC
- CD68 +ve.
- CD8 +ve - usu. predominant.
- CD4, CD20, CD3, and CD30 - mixed.
- Done to excluded lymphoma; esp. large cell lymphomas;[17] should show a mixed population of lymphocytes.
- Others:
- CD56 -ve.
Systemic lupus erythematosus lymphadenopathy
General
- Lymphadenopathy associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
Microscopic
Features:[18]
- Necrosis.
- Hematoxylin bodies (in necrotic foci).
- Dark blue irregular bodies on H&E.
Images:
DDx:
- Kikuchi disease.
Castleman disease
General
- Benign.
Classification
CD is grouped by histologic appearance:[20]
- 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.[21]
- 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.[22]
Microscopic
Hyaline-vascular variant
- 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:
- WC:
- www:
Plasma cell variant
Features:[24]
- 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
- AKA Cat-scratch fever.
General
- Infection caused Bartonella henselae,[25] a gram-negative bacilla (0.3-1.0 x 0.6-3.0 micrometers) in chains, clumps, or singular.[26]
- Treatment: antibiotics.
Clinical
Features:[27]
- Usually unilateral.
- May be disseminated in individuals with immune dysfunction.
- Contact with cats.
Micrograph
Features:[27]
- Necrotizing granulomas with:
- Neutrophils present in microabscess (necrotic debris) - key feature.
- Microabscesses often described as "stellate" (star-shaped).
- Neutrophils present in microabscess (necrotic debris) - key feature.
- +/-Multinucleated giant cells.
Notes:
- May involve capsule or perinodal tissue.
DDx of stellate abscess in lymph nodes - cat split:[28]
- Cat-scratch disease.
- Sporotrichosis.
- Lymphogranuloma venereum.
- Tularemia.
Images:
- Cat-scratch disease (webpathology.com).
- Cat-scratch disease - high mag. (webpathology.com)
- CSD - very low mag. - showing serpentine shaped microabscesses (WC).
- CSD - high mag. - showing neutrophilic abscesses (WC).
Stains
- Warthin-Starry stain +ve.
IHC
- B. henselae IHC stain +ve - diagnostic.
Toxoplasma lymphadenitis
General
- Caused by protozoan Toxoplasma gondii.
Microscopic
Features:[27]
- 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.
- Loose aggregates of histiocytes (do not form round granulomas):
- 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.
- Large cells in islands/sheets key feature with:
Images:
Notes:
- Monocytoid cells CD68 -ve.
IHC
- IHC for toxoplasmosis.
Dermatopathic lymphadenopathy
General
- Lymphadenopathy associated with a skin lesion - key feature.
- May be benign or malignant (e.g. T-cell lymphoma).
Microscopic
Features:[29]
- 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:
IHC
- Interdigitating dendritic cells: S100 +ve, CD1a -ve.
- Langerhans cells: S100 +ve, CD1a +ve.
Kimura lymphadenopathy
Microscopic
Features:
- Abundant eosinophils.
- Thick-wall blood vessels.
Rosai-Dorfman disease
- Abbreviated RDD.
General
- AKA sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy, abbreviated SHML.[30]
- Super rare.
- Prognosis - good.
Microscopic
Features:
- Sinus histiocytosis:
- Histiocytes - abundant.
- Singular large round nuclei[31] ~2x the size of resting lymphocyte.
- Prominent nucleolus - visible with 10x objective.
- Abundant cytoplasm.
- Singular large round nuclei[31] ~2x the size of resting lymphocyte.
- Histiocytes - abundant.
- Emperipolesis (from Greek: em = inside, peri = around, polemai = wander about[32]):
DDx:
- Other histiocytosis:
- Infection, e.g. rhinoscleroma (nasopharynx), xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis.
- Xanthomatous change.
Images:
- WC:
- www:
IHC
- CD68 +ve.
- S100 +ve.
- Useful for seeing emperipolesis.
- CD1a -ve.
- CD1a positive in Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Microscopic
Features:
- Langerhans cells histiocytes - key feature.
- Clusters of cells (histiocytes) with a reniform (kidney-shaped) nucleus and abundant foamy cytoplasm.
- +/-Eosinophils - often prominent.
See Langerhans cell histiocytosis for details.
Lymph node hyalinization
- AKA hyalinized lymph node.
General
- Benign.
- Associated with aging.[35]
Microscopic
Features:
- Hyaline material (acellular pink stuff on H&E) within a lymph node.
Subdivided into:[35]
- 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:
See also
References
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- ↑ DB. 4 August 2010.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Mack, MG.; Rieger, J.; Baghi, M.; Bisdas, S.; Vogl, TJ. (Jun 2008). "Cervical lymph nodes.". Eur J Radiol 66 (3): 493-500. doi:10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.01.019. PMID 18337039.
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- ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary. 27th Ed.
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