Article
Proliferation of marginal zone cells mimicking malignant lymphoma.
Pathology, research and practice - 1 Jun 1990
van Krieken J H, Lennert K
Abstract excerpt
An enlarged axillary lymph node from a 58-year-old woman showed a proliferation of marginal zone cells in nodules or large band-forming aggregates within the cortex. The marginal zone cells also infiltrated the adjacent fatty tissue. They showed polytypic surface immunoglobulins (IgM++, IgG+, kappa+, lambda+). Their immunophenotype (IgD-, CD23-, KiB3-) differed from that of the small lymphocytes of the mantle...
Topics
- Antigens, CD
- Axilla
- Cell Division
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Female
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Lymph Nodes
- Lymphadenitis
- Lymphoma
- Middle Aged