IMPORTANT Teaching Point - It’s NOT uncommon to have focal microfollicular (MF) proliferation (image#1) with rare colloid in “Benign” Thyroid FNAs. This “Adenomatoid Nodule” on another pass clearly shows macrofollicles. I look for at least 50% MFs for FN/SFN diagnosis.
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T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia is a rare, aggressive leukemia.
Cells often show cytoplasmic blebs on the blood smear (arrow)
CD4+ (60%), CD4+CD8+ (25%), CD8+ (15%) TCL-1 (usually +)
inv(14) is seen in 80% of cases
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Look who I found today!
Perianal skin biopsy from a 68yo man with bloody diarrhea, abdominal pain and anal fissures. Clinical diagnosis: IBD- Crohn's disease.
Pathologists! Check out this case. Patient has history of plasma cell myeloma, now with elevated WBC. By flow, 40% of cells are clonal plasma cells (>6000 cells/microL), thus fulfilling criteria for plasma cell leukemia. #hemepath
Marrows are kaleidoscopic to begin with. Full of many hues.
Then you stumble across one of these.
Makes diffing an IgA MGUS worthwhile!
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