Silicone Lymphadenitis: Lymph Node Puncture Cytology

Cytological signs of silicone lymphadenitis: accumulation of macrophages with numerous optically empty vacuoles in a lymph node aspirate.

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Lymph node aspirate smear: vacuolated macrophages, Papanicolaou stain

🔬Silicone lymphadenitis. This cluster of macrophages from a lymph node preparation contains cells with numerous cytoplasmic vacuoles of various sizes (Papanicolaou stain). 👉Source: Cibas - Cytology. Diagnostic Principles and Clinical Correlates 2021

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