CD Lymph Node (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

CD Lymph Node

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This is an example of lymph node tissue from a person with, idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease. Image shows Increased number of blood vessels and smaller germinal centers where immune cells mature in the lymph node, which are two of the pathology features needed to make the diagnosis.

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David Fajgenbaum, MD, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

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