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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.
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.
==Clinical==
===Normal (clinical)===
*Round.
*"Soft".
*Mobile.
===Pathologic (clinical) - associations===
*Rubbery = suggestive of lymphoma.
*Tender (hurts when ya touch it) = suggestive of infection.
*Fixed (immobile) = suggestive of cancer, usually carcinoma.
*Hard = suggestive of cancer.
*"Large" - cancer or infection.
**What qualifies for "large" depends on the location in the body.
==Radiologic==
*Ellipical (as opposed to spherical) = may be cancer.
*"Large" = could be cancer or infection.
**What qualifies for "large" depends on the location in the body.
==Gross pathologic exam==
Normal:
*Firm (relative to adipose tissue).
*Glistening surface when cut.
Pathologic:
*White lesions, especially irregular = suggestive of carcinoma.
*White, glistening, with lobulated surface - "fish flesh" = suggestive of lymphoma.
**Subtle lobulation (~1 mm) on section suggestive of ''follicular lymphoma''.<ref>DB. 5 August 2010.</ref>


==LN architecture==
==LN architecture==
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