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==Location and cell types== | ==Location and cell types== | ||
Germinal centers:<ref>Wheater's FH. 4th Ed. P.210.</ref> | Germinal centers:<ref>Wheater's FH. 4th Ed. P.210.</ref> | ||
*Site of B lymphocyte proliferation; ''follicle center cells''. | *Site of B lymphocyte proliferation; ''follicle center cells''. '''''--CHECK THE FOLLOWING!!!---''''' | ||
**Centrocytes transforming to immunoblasts (superficial aspect - paler). | **Centrocytes transforming to immunoblasts (superficial aspect - paler). | ||
**Centrocytes (mid germinal center). | **Centrocytes (mid germinal center). | ||
Revision as of 03:35, 18 June 2010
The lymph node, abbreviated LN, is very important in pathology. It is the site of mets and may be the site of a primary lesion, i.e. lymphoma.
Haematopathology and lymphoma is dealt with in the haematopathology article. This article covers the basics of lymph nodes. Lymph node pathology is dealt with in the lymph node pathology article.
LN architecture
Lymph node architecture (superficial to deep):[1]
- Capsule.
- Subcapsular sinus.
- Place where metastatic cells often are found.
- Cortex:
- Follicles (superficial).
- Paracortex (deep).
- Cortical sinuses.
- Medulla:
- Medullary cords.
- Medullary sinuses.
Notes:
- Trabeculae - segment the LN radially, i.e. are spoke-like structures.
LN follicles
Types of follicles:[2]
- Primary follicle - no germinal center (pale area).
- Secondary follicle - have a germinal center (pale area) and mantle zone (rim of darker staining lymphocytes).
Germinal centre
Architecture: --CHECK THE FOLLOWING!!!--
- Paler at capsular aspect.
- Darker at medullary aspect.
Location and cell types
Germinal centers:[3]
- Site of B lymphocyte proliferation; follicle center cells. --CHECK THE FOLLOWING!!!---
- Centrocytes transforming to immunoblasts (superficial aspect - paler).
- Centrocytes (mid germinal center).
- Centroblasts (deeper aspect - darker).
- Tingible body macrophages - mid germinal center.
- Follicular dendritic cells.
Paracortex:[4]
- Site of T lymphocytes.
- Interdigitating dendritic cell.
Medullary cords (site of immunoglobulin synthesis):
- B lymphocytes.
- Plasma cells.
Mantle zone:
- Memory B cells.
B cell cycle
B cell cycle/maturation:[5]
- Centroblast (CB):
- Appearance:[6]
- Large cells.
- Round nucleus, dark.
- Nucleolus (nucleoli).
- Mitotically active.
- Location:
- Medullary aspect of germinal center.
- Appearance:[6]
- Centrocytes (CC), AKA cleaved cells.
- Appearance:
- Cleaved nucleus
- NOT mitotically active.
- Location:
- Mid germinal center.
- Appearance:
- Immunoblasts or memory B cells.
- Appearance:
- Small lymphocytes.
- Location:
- Peripheral blood, mantle zone.
- Appearance:
Notes:
- Immunoblasts may be T cells or B cells; it is not possible to tell on morphologic grounds, i.e. without IHC.
Image:
Cell types
Follicular dendritic cells:[7]
- Classically found in pairs.
- Large nucleus with:
- Basketweave chromatin pattern.
- Small central nucleolus.
Lymphocytes
- See B cell cycle section.
See also
External links
References
- ↑ Wheater's FH. 4th Ed. PP.206-8.
- ↑ Wheater's FH. 4th Ed. P.208.
- ↑ Wheater's FH. 4th Ed. P.210.
- ↑ Wheater's FH. 4th Ed. P.211.
- ↑ Wheater's FH. 4th Ed. P.210.
- ↑ URL: http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/hematology/HessEDD/BenignHematologicDisorders/normal-hematopoietic-cells/Secondary-lymphoid-organs-and-tissues.cfm. Accessed on: 31 January 2010.
- ↑ Wright CA, Nayler SJ, Leiman G (August 1997). "Cytopathology of follicular dendritic cell tumors". Diagn. Cytopathol. 17 (2): 138–42. PMID 9258622. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/57062/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0.