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The number and growth pattern of plasmacytoid dendritic cells vary in different types of reactive lymph nodes: an immunohistochemical study.

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:Plasmacytoid dendritic cells, which play a fundamental role in the innate immune response, are best known for their presence in hyaline-vascular Castleman disease and histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis. The relative number and distribution in many reactive entities as detected using more sensitive methods are uncertain, and their diagnostic implications are unknown. Immunohistochemical studies for plasmacytoid dendritic cell-associated markers CD123 and CD2AP were performed on 42 lymph nodes with hyaline-vascular Castleman disease, histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, sarcoidosis, necrotizing granulomatous inflammation, viral infection, dermatopathic lymphadenopathy, autoimmune disease, and a histologic pattern compatible with toxoplasmosis. The overall plasmacytoid dendritic cell numbers and growth patterns (tight aggregates, loose aggregates/clusters, scattered single cells) were assessed. Plasmacytoid dendritic cells were present in all cases and were predominantly distributed in loose aggregates/clusters or singly. They were most numerous in granulomatous inflammation and histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, whereas viral infections showed the fewest overall numbers and a predominant pattern of scattered single cells. Tight aggregates of plasmacytoid dendritic cells were most numerous in hyaline-vascular Castleman disease (100% sensitive, 68% specific). Plasmacytoid dendritic cells are not limited to a small number of reactive lymphadenopathies but are found in many reactive processes, often with a predominant pattern of loose aggregates/clusters and scattered single cells. However, tight aggregates were a characteristic feature of hyaline-vascular Castleman disease, and viral infections typically showed only few scattered cells distributed singly.

journal_name

Hum Pathol

journal_title

Human pathology

authors

Rollins-Raval MA,Marafioti T,Swerdlow SH,Roth CG

doi

10.1016/j.humpath.2012.08.020

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2013-06-01 00:00:00

pages

1003-10

issue

eissn

0046-8177

issn

1532-8392

pii

S0046-8177(12)00323-1

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The number and growth pattern of plasmacytoid dendritic cells vary in different types of reactive lymph nodes: an immunohistochemical study.