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Notes:
*Large bizarre cells can occasionally mimic Reed-Sternberg cells, seen in [[Hodgkin lymphoma]].
*Large bizarre cells can occasionally mimic Reed-Sternberg cells, seen in [[Hodgkin lymphoma]].
==Intravascular large B-cell lymphoma==
===General===
*[[AKA]] ''angiotropic lymphoma'', ''intravascular malignant lymphomatosis'', ''malignant angioendotheliomatosis''.
====Clinical====
*Often a non-specific presentation. 
**+/-Multiple infarcts.
**+/-Non-specific skin lesions.
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Abundant large intravascular lymphoid cells ~2-3X size of a mature lymphocyte or RBC.
**It may be hard to find RBCs in the vessels.
Images:
*[http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/largeImage?pii=S1559-8675%2806%2970476-4&figureId=fig5 CNS lymphoma (pathconsultddx.com)].<ref>URL: [http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675%2806%2970476-4 http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675%2806%2970476-4]. Accessed on: 27 October 2010.</ref>
*[http://jco.ascopubs.org/content/19/19/3988/F1.expansion.html ILBL (ascopubs.org)].<ref name=pmid11579120>{{cite journal |author=Lapkuviene O, Forchetti D, Roepke JE |title=Unusual sites of involvement by hematologic malignancies. Case 1. Intravascular large B-cell lymphoma presenting with CNS symptoms |journal=J. Clin. Oncol. |volume=19 |issue=19 |pages=3988–91 |year=2001 |month=October |pmid=11579120 |doi= |url=http://jco.ascopubs.org/content/19/19/3988.full}}</ref>


==Burkitt's lymphoma==
==Burkitt's lymphoma==
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