Blood Res.  2015 Mar;50(1):61-62. 10.5045/br.2015.50.1.61.

Diffuse large B cell lymphoma with high M protein: an unusual finding

• Dang M
• Gajendra S
• Goel S
• Jha B
• Sahni T
• Sachdev R

• KMID: 1787917
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5045/br.2015.50.1.61

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Lymphoma, B-Cell*

Figure

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  Fig. 1 (A) Serum protein electrophoresis showing an M band. (B) Lymph node biopsy showing large atypical lymphoid cells with irregular contours, brisk mitoses, and prominent nucleoli (hematoxylin and eosin, ×400), which were positive for CD20, MUM-1, and Ki-67 (70%) and negative for CD138. (C) Bone marrow biopsy showed lymphoid cells in a diffuse and nodular pattern (hematoxylin and eosin, ×200), which were CD20 and kappa positive and lambda negative.

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