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J Clin Pathol 2005;58:550-552 doi:10.1136/jcp.2004.022475
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Angiocentric immunoproliferative lesion and angiocentric lymphoma of lymph node in children. A report of two cases

  1. R Drut,
  2. R M Drut
  1. Department of Pathology, Hospital de Niños “Superiora Sor María Ludovica”, 1900, La Plata, Argentina
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr R Drut
 Department of Pathology, Hospital de Niños “Superiora Sor María Ludovica”, 1900, La Plata, Argentina; patologinetverk.com.ar
  • Accepted 30 September 2004

Abstract

Aim: To report two examples of an angiocentric immunoproliferative lesion (AIL) and angiocentric angiodestructive lymphoma (AL) presenting in lymph nodes in children. Most commonly involving extranodal sites, AIL/AL rarely presents in the spleen and lymph nodes.

Methods/Results: Case 1 presented as a cervical lymphadenopathy in a 3 year old girl being treated for pre-B cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Histological and immunohistochemistry studies revealed an Epstein-Barr virus positive (EBV+), large B cell (CD20 and CD30+) AIL with large areas of necrosis, the whole resembling lymphomatoid granulomatosis. Case 2 presented as a large supraclavicular lymphadenopathy in a 13 year old boy. Histology and immunohistochemistry revealed an EBV–, large T cell (CD45RO, CD56, and CD30+) AL, presenting the features of so called angiocentric T cell/natural killer cell lymphoma, nasal type.

Conclusions: The term AIL/AL refers to a heterogeneous group of conditions not unique to a particular type of lymphoid cell. These lesions are easily recognised by the histopathologist because of their extremely unusual angiocentric pattern. Although rare, AIL/AL may present as nodal lesions in children ab initio.

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