Clinical Case: Mr. Phillips' Lymph Nodes
 
Symptoms & History

Physical Findings

Stop & Think

Lab and X-Ray

Differential Diagnosis

The Disease

Treatment

Conclusions

Quiz & Evaluation

 Needle aspirate of one of Mr. Phillips' lymph nodes.

Very abnormal cells

  • Papanicolaou stain of the smears of the needle aspirate.
  • Malignant cells with very large nuclei, angulated nuclear margins and prominent nucleoli. (Roll cursor over image.)
  • See the pigment?
We need one of those nodes.                                    Back		  

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