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Plasmacytoid dendritic cells in marrow 2

Plasmacytoid dendritic cells in marrow 2
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Author: Girish Venkataraman, MD, MBBS; Elizabeth Hyjek, MD. PhD
Category: Myeloid Neoplasms and acute leukemia (WHO 2016) > Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm
Published Date: 03/24/2016

Nodular clusters of PDCs of plasmacytoid dendritic cells High power shows the fine clumped chromatin and scattered apoptotic and pyknotic structures amidst the aggregates, a useful feature to distnguish these from reactive lymphoid aggregates which can also be seen in the marrow.

This case had RAEB-2 in the background