Difference between revisions of "Head and neck cytopathology"

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===Hodgkin's lymphoma===
===Hodgkin's lymphoma===
{{Main|Hodgkin lymphoma}}
Features:
Features:
*Reed-Sternberg cell (diagnostic).
*Reed-Sternberg cell (diagnostic).
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**Huge cell with macronucleus.
**Huge cell with macronucleus.
**Each nucleus has a huge macro[[nucleolus]].
**Each nucleus has a huge macro[[nucleolus]].
***[[Macronucleolus]] approximately the size of a RBC.
***[[Macronucleolus]] approximately the size of a [[RBC]].
*Commonly seen with eosinophils.
*Commonly seen with eosinophils.
Note:
*RSCs are usually found at the edge of smears.<ref name=ouhsc_q26>URL: [http://moon.ouhsc.edu/kfung/jty1/CytoLearn/CytoQuiz/CQ-021-040/CQ-026-M.htm http://moon.ouhsc.edu/kfung/jty1/CytoLearn/CytoQuiz/CQ-021-040/CQ-026-M.htm]. Accessed on: 9 April 2012.</ref>
Images:
*[http://moon.ouhsc.edu/kfung/jty1/CytoLearn/CytoQuiz/CQ-021-040-Ans/CI-Image-0803/FQ-046b.gif HL (ouhsc.edu)].<ref name=ouhsc_q26/>
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hodgkin_lymphoma_cytology_large.jpg HL (WC)].


==Cystic lesions of the neck==
==Cystic lesions of the neck==
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