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*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Diffuse_large_B_cell_lymphoma_-_cytology_low_mag.jpg DLBCL - cytology (WC)]. | *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Diffuse_large_B_cell_lymphoma_-_cytology_low_mag.jpg DLBCL - cytology (WC)]. | ||
==IHC== | |||
==="UHN panel"=== | |||
*H&E 2 micrometers. | |||
*CD20. | |||
*CD10. | |||
*BCL-6. | |||
*BCL-2. | |||
*MUM1. | |||
*CD21. | |||
*CD23. | |||
*MIB1. | |||
*EBER. | |||
*CD3. | |||
*CD5. | |||
*Unstained x4. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 20:05, 11 August 2010
Diffuse large B cell lymphoma, abbreviated DLBCL, is a very common lymphoma.
Microscopic
Features:[1]
- Large cells -- 4-5 times the diameter of a small lymphocytes.
- Typically have marked cell-to-cell variation in size and shape.
- Cytoplasm usually basophilic and moderate in abundance.
- +/-Prominent nucleoli, may be peripheral and/or multiple.
Notes:
- Large bizarre cells can occasionally mimic Reed-Sternberg cells, seen in Hodgkin lymphoma.
Images:
IHC
"UHN panel"
- H&E 2 micrometers.
- CD20.
- CD10.
- BCL-6.
- BCL-2.
- MUM1.
- CD21.
- CD23.
- MIB1.
- EBER.
- CD3.
- CD5.
- Unstained x4.
See also
References
- ↑ Cotran, Ramzi S.; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Nelso Fausto; Robbins, Stanley L.; Abbas, Abul K. (2005). Robbins and Cotran pathologic basis of disease (7th ed.). St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier Saunders. pp. 676 (???). ISBN 0-7216-0187-1.