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**Lymphocytes = round; mast cells = ovoid. | **Lymphocytes = round; mast cells = ovoid. | ||
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*[http://www.jameswpattersonmd.com/ | *www: | ||
**[http://www.jameswpattersonmd.com/case_studies/index.cfm?CFID=387434 Mastocytosis - low res. (jameswpattersonmd.com)]. | |||
**[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case366.html Mastocytosis - bone marrow - several images (upmc.edu)]. | |||
*[[WC]]: | |||
**[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mastocytosis_-_high_mag.jpg Mastocytosis - high mag. (WC)]. | |||
**[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mastocytosis_-_cropped_-_very_high_mag.jpg Mastocytosis - very high mag. (WC)]. | |||
**[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case409.html Systemic mastocytosis - several images (upmc.edu)]. | |||
==Diseases== | ==Diseases== | ||
Revision as of 17:50, 24 March 2012
The mast cell is an uncommonly cell that occasionally causes problems.
Microscopic
Features:
- Ovoid/round cell with moderate amount of gray granular cytoplasm.
- Nuclear ovoid/round.
- No obvious nucleolus.
- May be more abundant around blood vessels.
Notes:
- Lymphocyte vs. mast cell:
- Lymphocytes = round; mast cells = ovoid.
Images:
- www:
- WC:
Diseases
- Mastocytosis.
- Urticaria pigmentosa.
- Asthma.[1]
Stains
- Giemsa stain.
- Tyrosinase.[2] (???)
IHC
- CD117 +ve.
References
- ↑ Mitchell, Richard; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Abbas, Abul K.; Aster, Jon (2011). Pocket Companion to Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease (8th ed.). Elsevier Saunders. pp. 370-2. ISBN 978-1416054542.
- ↑ URL: http://www.nature.com/jid/journal/v53/n1/full/jid1969105a.html. Accessed on: 20 December 2011.