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Cytomorphological clues for a correct diagnosis of anaplastic lymphoma kinase‐positive large B‐cell lymphoma
Author(s) -
Guleria Prerna,
Mallick Saumya Ranjan,
Ramteke Prashant,
Jain Deepali
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1365-2303
pISSN - 0956-5507
DOI - 10.1111/cyt.12614
Subject(s) - medicine , lymphoma , pathology , anaplastic large cell lymphoma , anaplastic lymphoma kinase , eosinophilic , lymph node , malignant pleural effusion , lung cancer
Suspicion of ALK+LBCL should be high whenever lymph node aspirates reveal malignant cells with immunoblast‐like morphology and accompanying amorphous extracellular eosinophilic/ magenta coloured material. The importance of considering all cytological details including important background findings while assessing cytological samples is emphasized in this case report.