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. 2023 Apr 26;13:1177590. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1177590

Figure 3.

Figure 3

(A–C) – Bone marrow aspirate, Leishman staining, optic microscopy, 70 x magnification: subtle bone marrow infiltration by atypical lymphoid cells (black arrows) in an AITL case. Atypical lymphoid cells are small/medium-sizes, have loose chromatin, cytoplasm with pronounced basophilia, and some forms have microvacuolation, making up about 10% of the nucleated elements in the bone marrow specimen. (D) – Bone marrow biopsy, Hematoxylin-Eosin (HE), optical microscopy, 10 x magnification. Usually, lymphomatous infiltration of the bone marrow in AITL is subtle and difficult to characterize in HE, requiring immunohistochemical staining for TFH-associated antigens for better revelation of neoplastic cells.