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*Associated with Hodgkin's lymphoma - non-classic type (nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin's lymphoma). | *Associated with Hodgkin's lymphoma - non-classic type (nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin's lymphoma). | ||
=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features: | Features: | ||
*Large germinal centers - focally. | *Large germinal centers - focally. | ||
**No mass lesions. | **No mass lesions. | ||
==Reactive follicular hyperplasia== | |||
===General=== | |||
*Many causes - including: bacteria, viruses, chemicals, drugs, allergens. | |||
**In only approximately 10% can definitive cause be identified.<ref name=Ref_ILNP174>{{Ref_ILNP|174}}</ref> | |||
===Microscopic=== | |||
Features:<ref name=Ref_ILNP174>{{Ref_ILNP|174}}</ref> | |||
*Follicles of variable size, large follicles - '''key feature'''. | |||
**Centroblast 3-4x resting lymphocytes. | |||
Image: [http://pleiad.umdnj.edu/hemepath/normal_node/normal_node.html Normal lymph node (umdnj.edu)]. | |||
==Kikuchi disease== | ==Kikuchi disease== | ||