| Symptoms
& History
Physical
Findings
Stop
& Think
Lab
and X-Ray
Differential
Diagnosis
The
Disease
Treatment
Conclusions
Quiz
& Evaluation |
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Results
of the needle aspiration.
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Following cleansing of the skin
overlying the mass, a 21 gauge needle was passed into the lesion and small
amount of fluid aspirated into a syringe.
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After the procedure, the mass
was still present.
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Smears were made and stained.
The pathologist calls to tell
us what she sees in the smears.
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A mixture of cells consistent
with lymph node origin.
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Reactive and "atypical"
appearing lymphocytes
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Plasma cells
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A few eosinophils and
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A suspicious cell with
a bilobed nucleus.
This is definitely time
to stop and think.
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