Coexistence of leukemic infiltration and extramedullary hematopoeisis in a lymph node: A cytological diagnosis

Extramedullary hematopoeisis (EMH) occurs when function of the bone marrow is insufficient or destroyed. We report a case of lymph nodal mass in a young patient, diagnosed on fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) as infiltration by leukemia along with features of EMH. FNA smears from axillary lymph...

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Autores principales: Singhal, Niti, Tahlan, Anita, Bansal, Cherry, Handa, Uma, D’Cruz, Sanjay
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3159294/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21897552
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-9371.83476
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Sumario:Extramedullary hematopoeisis (EMH) occurs when function of the bone marrow is insufficient or destroyed. We report a case of lymph nodal mass in a young patient, diagnosed on fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) as infiltration by leukemia along with features of EMH. FNA smears from axillary lymph node revealed lymphoblasts with hand mirror cell and teat cell morphology. Also seen were occasional megakaryocytes and metamyelocytes.

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