Follicular Hyperplasia
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One of the most common causes of enlarged lymph nodes is due primarily to an increase in the number of B cells, which become bigger and proliferate rapidly (but controlled) forming follicular centers (also called germinal centers) and sometimes mimicking B-cell lymphomas, the most common type of lymphoma. For this reason, I am illustrating a typical benign reactive "follicular hyperplasia" that is often the source of confusion and can be mistaken for a B-cell lymphoma.
Sample Cases
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| Case Name (click on case name to open) |
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| Reactive | A reactive process (follicular or B zone hyperplasia) This case was kindly provided by the ASCP Press. It is part of Flow Cytometry in Clinical Diagnosis by John Carey, Phil McCoy and David Keren. |
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| Follicular hyperplasia | Follicular Lymphoid hyperplasia This case was kindly provided by the ASCP Press. It is part of Flow Cytometry in Clinical Diagnosis by John Carey, Phil McCoy and David Keren. |
680 Kb |
| "Normal" LN | A reactive lymph node For use as "normal" sample for comparison with other cases submitted by UTMC.
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1.9 Mb |