Difference between revisions of "Lymph node pathology"

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*Lymphocytes (CD8 +ve).
*Lymphocytes (CD8 +ve).
*Plasmacytoid dendritic cells.
*Plasmacytoid dendritic cells.


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**Long membrane projections - '''key feature'''.  
**Long membrane projections - '''key feature'''.  
**Abundant blue-grey cytoplasm, +/- ground-glass appearance.  
**Abundant blue-grey cytoplasm, +/- ground-glass appearance.  
**Nucleus: small, ovoid, usu. single nucleolous.
**Nucleus: small, ovoid, usu. single nucleolus.


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*CD4, CD20, CD3, and CD30 - mixed.  
*CD4, CD20, CD3, and CD30 - mixed.  
**Done to excluded lymphoma; should show a mixed population of lymphocytes.
**Done to excluded lymphoma; should show a mixed population of lymphocytes.
==Systemic lupus erythematosus lymphadenopathy==
===General===
*Lymphadenopathy associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=pmid9406250>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kojima | first1 = M. | last2 = Nakamura | first2 = S. | last3 = Itoh | first3 = H. | last4 = Yoshida | first4 = K. | last5 = Asano | first5 = S. | last6 = Yamane | first6 = N. | last7 = Komatsumoto | first7 = S. | last8 = Ban | first8 = S. | last9 = Joshita | first9 = T. | title = Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) lymphadenopathy presenting with histopathologic features of Castleman' disease: a clinicopathologic study of five cases. | journal = Pathol Res Pract | volume = 193 | issue = 8 | pages = 565-71 | month =  | year = 1997 | doi =  | PMID = 9406250 }}</ref>
*Necrosis.
*Hematoxylin bodies (in necrotic foci).
**Dark blue irregular bodies on H&E.
DDx:
*Kikuchi disease.


==Castleman disease==
==Castleman disease==
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