Primary Lymphoma of the Soft Tissue: A Pathologist’s Perspective

Primary Lymphoma of the Soft Tissue: A Pathologist’s Perspective

Primary lymphoma of the soft tissue is rare accounting for 0.1% of the cases. A case of Non Hodgkin lymphoma of the soft tissue presented as multiple swellings in the upper extremity diagnosed clinically & radiologically as neurofibroma. A Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) performed on th...

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Main Author: Madhusmita Jena
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited 2018-12-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Subjects:
cytodiagnosis
extremity
neurofibroma
non hodgkins lymphoma
Online Access:https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/12397/37793_CE[Ra1]_F(SL)_PF1(A_SHU)_PFA(SHU)_PB(NC)_PN(SL).pdf
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spelling doaj-4ede315d5e4d4f4eb72d2f6978c64f322020-11-25T02:26:58ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2018-12-011212ED19ED2010.7860/JCDR/2018/37793.12397Primary Lymphoma of the Soft Tissue: A Pathologist’s PerspectiveMadhusmita Jena0Professor, Department of Pathology, East Point College of Medical Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.Primary lymphoma of the soft tissue is rare accounting for 0.1% of the cases. A case of Non Hodgkin lymphoma of the soft tissue presented as multiple swellings in the upper extremity diagnosed clinically & radiologically as neurofibroma. A Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) performed on the swellings showed cytologic features of a lymphoproliferative lesion which was confirmed subsequently on histopathology and immuno-histochemistry. This case is reported to highlight and recognize this entity at a rare anatomic site and to bring out an awareness among cytopathologists and radiologists of this rare lesion which may avoid errors in diagnosis.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/12397/37793_CE[Ra1]_F(SL)_PF1(A_SHU)_PFA(SHU)_PB(NC)_PN(SL).pdfcytodiagnosisextremityneurofibromanon hodgkins lymphoma
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Primary Lymphoma of the Soft Tissue: A Pathologist’s Perspective
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
cytodiagnosis
extremity
neurofibroma
non hodgkins lymphoma
author_facet Madhusmita Jena
author_sort Madhusmita Jena
title Primary Lymphoma of the Soft Tissue: A Pathologist’s Perspective
title_short Primary Lymphoma of the Soft Tissue: A Pathologist’s Perspective
title_full Primary Lymphoma of the Soft Tissue: A Pathologist’s Perspective
title_fullStr Primary Lymphoma of the Soft Tissue: A Pathologist’s Perspective
title_full_unstemmed Primary Lymphoma of the Soft Tissue: A Pathologist’s Perspective
title_sort primary lymphoma of the soft tissue: a pathologist’s perspective
publisher JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
series Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
issn 2249-782X
0973-709X
publishDate 2018-12-01
description Primary lymphoma of the soft tissue is rare accounting for 0.1% of the cases. A case of Non Hodgkin lymphoma of the soft tissue presented as multiple swellings in the upper extremity diagnosed clinically & radiologically as neurofibroma. A Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) performed on the swellings showed cytologic features of a lymphoproliferative lesion which was confirmed subsequently on histopathology and immuno-histochemistry. This case is reported to highlight and recognize this entity at a rare anatomic site and to bring out an awareness among cytopathologists and radiologists of this rare lesion which may avoid errors in diagnosis.
topic cytodiagnosis
extremity
neurofibroma
non hodgkins lymphoma
url https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/12397/37793_CE[Ra1]_F(SL)_PF1(A_SHU)_PFA(SHU)_PB(NC)_PN(SL).pdf
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