KROK 1 2018 – Question 145 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
A patient presents with enlarged cervical lymph nodes. Other lymph nodes and internal organs are without changes. Peripheral blood test results are normal. Histological examination of biopsy material taken from the cervical lymph node shows smoothed-out pattern, absent follicles, homogeneous cell composition represented by lymphoblasts. The cells penetrate into the lymph node capsule. What diagnosis can be made?
- A. Burkitt lymphoma
- B. Sezary disease
- C. Erythroblastic leukemia
- D. Myeloblastic leukemia
- E. Lymphoblastic leukemia
Hint
Combine the effaced nodal architecture, the uniform population of immature cells and the invasion of the capsule to decide the cell lineage and maturity of the tumor cells.
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