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. 2021 Dec 4;28(6):5124–5147. doi: 10.3390/curroncol28060430

Table 3.

Key morphologic features of CD5-CD10-LPDs, [7,72].

Neoplasm Peripheral Blood Bone Marrow Spleen
SRDPL Mature lymphocytes with villous projections Intrasinusoidal pattern of involvement. No plasmacytic differentiation Cord and sinusoidal expansion +/− blood lakes
HCL Lymphocytes (less chromatin clumping than normal lymphocytes) with villous projections Subtle to extensive interstitial infiltrates of lymphocytes. Often extensive reticulin fibrosis Red pulp cord expansion; atrophic white pulp; blood lakes common.
HCL-v Small lymphocytes with visible nucleoli and villous projections Intrasinusoidal pattern of involvement; atrophic white pulp Fill dilated sinusoids
+/− blood lakes; atrophic white pulp
LPL/WM Spectrum of lymphocytes, plasmacytoid lymphocytes, and true plasma cells. Diffuse, interstitial, and nodular involvement by a spectrum of lymphocytes, plasmacytoid lymphocytes, and true plasma cells Red pulp cord and sinus expansion; atrophic white pulp.

Abbreviations: HCL-v = hairy cell leukemia variant, LPL/WM = lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma/Waldenström macroglobulinemia, SRDPL = splenic diffuse red pulp small B- cell lymphoma.