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Sample Acquisition• 22-gauge needle, 6 or 12 ml syringe• Aspiration vs Non-aspiration technique
Sample preparation• Slide preparation• **Slide-over-slide smears (“squash prep”)**• Blood smear technique• Be gentle, lymphocytes are fragile cells!• Quickly dry• Stain• Generally Romanowsky type stains• e.g. Wright’s stain, Diff-Quik• Leave some unstained if sending topathologist
Page 4 and 5: Indications for Lymph NodeAspiratio
Page 6 and 7: Indications for Lymph NodeAspiratio
Page 10 and 11: Ruptured Cells
Page 12: Normal Lymph Node• 85-90% small
Page 19: Normal Lymph Node• Low numbers of
Page 25 and 26: Normal Lymph Node• Occasional neu
Page 27: Reactive/hyperplastic• Small lymp
Page 33 and 34: Reactive/hyperplastic• May also s
Page 36: Lymphoma• 50% lymphoblasts• La
Page 43 and 44: Lymphoma• Diagnostic difficulties
Page 45 and 46: Lymphadenitis• Suppurative or (py
Page 47 and 48: Histoplasma sp.
Page 49: Metastatic Neoplasia• Defined by
Page 54 and 55: Perinodal Fat
Page 57: Questions/Comments

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