Open AccessCoexistence of leukemic infiltration and extramedullary hematopoeisis in a lymph node: A cytological diagnosis
Author(s) -
Niti Singhal,
Anita Tahlan,
Cherry Bansal,
Uma Handa,
Sanjay D’Cruz
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of cytology/journal of cytology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.267
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-5165
pISSN - 0970-9371
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9371.83476
Subject(s) - medicine , lymphoblast , infiltration (hvac) , pathology , lymph node , bone marrow , lymph , fine needle aspiration , cytology , fine needle aspiration cytology , biopsy , physics , genetics , biology , cell culture , thermodynamics
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.