Difference between revisions of "Lymph node pathology"

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*May involve capsule or perinodal tissue.
*May involve capsule or perinodal tissue.


Stains:
DDx of stellate abscess in lymph nodes - ''cat split'':<ref name=pmid>URL: [http://www.dermpathmd.com/mnemonics/mnemonics_dermatopathology.htm http://www.dermpathmd.com/mnemonics/mnemonics_dermatopathology.htm]. Accessed on: 23 September 2011.</ref>
*Warthin-Starry stain +ve.
*Cat-scratch disease.
*B. henselae IHC stain +ve.
*[[Sporotrichosis]].
*[[Lymphogranuloma venereum]].
*[[Tularemia]].


Images:
Images:
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*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cat_scratch_disease_-_very_low_mag.jpg CSD - very low mag. - showing serpentine shaped microabscesses (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cat_scratch_disease_-_very_low_mag.jpg CSD - very low mag. - showing serpentine shaped microabscesses (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cat_scratch_disease_-b-_high_mag.jpg CSD - high mag. - showing neutrophilic abscesses (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cat_scratch_disease_-b-_high_mag.jpg CSD - high mag. - showing neutrophilic abscesses (WC)].
===Stains===
*Warthin-Starry stain +ve.
*B. henselae IHC stain +ve.


==Toxoplasma lymphadenitis==
==Toxoplasma lymphadenitis==
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