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British Journal of Radiology (2007) 80, e250-e252
© 2007 British Institute of Radiology
doi: 10.1259/bjr/56686654
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CT appearances of amyloid lymphadenopathy in a patient with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

C A Turner, MBBS, BSc, MRCP, FRCR and K Tung, BM, BCh, MA, FRCP, FRCR

Radiology Department, Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK


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  		Figure 1. Biopsy showing a malignant infiltrate of plasmacytoid lymphocytes with abundant production of amorphous eosinophilic material(pink), which is amyloid, virtually replacing the lymph node (x40; H&E stain).

 

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  		Figure 2. CT reveals bilateral enlarged retroperitoneal nodes(N) of diffuse fatty density.

 

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  		Figure 3. CT images from(a) 1990 and (b) 2005 at comparable levels showing large low-density lobulated nodal masses along both pelvic side walls, with slightly more compression of the bladder (B) in the more recent study.

 




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