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Benign nevus cells in the lymph nodes
Author(s) -
BICHEL PETER,
ØRNSHOLT JØRGEN
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
apmis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0903-4641
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1988.tb05277.x
Subject(s) - lymph , pathology , nevus , immunohistochemistry , medicine , axillary lymph nodes , lymph node , antigen , breast cancer , melanoma , cancer , cancer research , immunology
Aggregates of nevus cells in the axillary lymph nodes may give rise to a suspicion of metastatic breast cancer. Usually the nevus cells are confined to the capsule or the trabeculae, but in the present case, clusters of nevus cells were also observed in the peripheral sinus. Immunohistochemical analysis for S‐100 protein and epithelial membrane antigen established the true nature of the cells.