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**Images: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Auer_rods.PNG Auer rods (WP)], [http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/hematology/HessImages/Acute-myelogenous-leukemia-M4-100x-Auer-rods-website-arrow.jpg Auer rods (virginia.edu)].
**Images: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Auer_rods.PNG Auer rods (WP)], [http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/hematology/HessImages/Acute-myelogenous-leukemia-M4-100x-Auer-rods-website-arrow.jpg Auer rods (virginia.edu)].


==Anaplastic large cell lymphoma==
===General===
*Abbreviated '''ALCL'''.
*May look a lot like a carcinoma.
**Often subcapsular in LNs.
*Usually T-cell derived.
*Alk IHC:
** +ve = good prognosis.
** -ve = bad prognosis.
DDx:
*Hodgkin's lymphoma.
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Large cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm.
*Usu. appear cohesive.
*May be subcapsular.
*Large multinucleated cell - "wreath cell" - '''key feature'''.
===IHC===
Features:
*Variable CD30 +ve. (???)
*CD45 +ve. (???)


==Table of B-cell lymphoma==
==Table of B-cell lymphoma==
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