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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 18.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Surg Pathol. 2018 Mar;42(3):293–305. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000000985

TABLE 4.

Pathologic Features of LNI of Patients With BI-ALCL (n = 14)

N (%)
Specimen type
 Excisional biopsy 7 (50.0)
 Lymph node dissection 6 (42.9)
 Needle biopsy 1 (7.1)
Lymph node maximum dimension (n = 13)
 Median (mm) 23.6
 Range (mm) 8.9-51
Lymphoma features
 Pattern of infiltration
  Sinusoidal 13 (92.9)
  Perifollicular 7 (50.0)
  Interfollicular 12 (85.7)
  Diffuse 4 (28.6)
  Hodgkin lymphoma like* 2 (14.3)
 Tumor burden
  Median (%) 25
  Range (%) 1-95
 Cytomorphology
  Oval 13 (92.9)
  Lobated 9 (64.3)
  Anaplastic 5 (35.7)
 Hallmark cells 7 (50.0)
 Lymph node necrosis 5 (35.7)
Non-neoplastic features
 Follicular hyperplasia 13 (92.9)
 Paracortical hyperplasia 5 (35.7)
 Sinus histiocytosis 8 (57.1)
 Eosinophils 13 (92.9)
 Refringent material 1 (7.1)
 Foamy histiocytes 1 (7.1)
*

Hodgkin lymphoma-like: 1 nodular sclerosis HL-like, 1 mixed cellularity HL-like.