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. 2019 Dec 23;37(1):46–52. doi: 10.4103/JOC.JOC_4_19

Table 3.

Cytology features of RDD

Case number Cellularity Predominant population of cells Emperipolesis Type of engulfed cells Additional features
1 High Histiocytes and
lymphocytes
Frequent Lymphocytes Epithelioid cells
Fragmented neutrophils
2 High Lymphocytes Frequent Lymphocytes Nil
3 High Lymphocytes Moderate Lymphocytes Nil
4 High Histiocytes and
lymphocytes
Moderate Lymphocytes Fibrous tissue
Plasma cells
5 High Histiocytes and
lymphocytes
Moderate Lymphocytes Epithelioid cell clusters
Plasma cells Langhans type giant cells
RBC
6 High Histiocytes Frequent Lymphocytes Nil
7 Moderate Lymphocytes Very few histiocytes Occasional Lymphocytes Lymphoglandular bodies
Fibrofatty tissue
8 High Lymphocytes
Histiocytes
Frequent Plasma cells Many plasma cells with Russel bodies
9 High Histiocytes
Lymphocytes
Frequent Plasma cells Cytoplasmic vacuoles
10 High Lymphocytes
Histiocytes
Frequent Plasma cells Nil
11 Moderate Histiocytes Occasional Plasma cells Atypia
Nucleoli
Vacuoles
12 Moderate Lymphocytes Sparse Lymphocytes Fibrosis