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Ultrastructural and immunohistologic findings in a nodular variant of Hodgkin’s disease with lymphocytic predominance, called nodular paragranuloma, are presented and compared with those in so-called progressively transformed germinal centers. These are large follicles with numerous lymphocytes which can be found not only in nonspecific lymphadenitis, but also in lymph nodes from patients with nodular paragranuloma.
The immunoperoxidase technique was applied on paraffin sections to detect intracytoplasmic immunoglobulin and lysozyme. The so-called L & H type Sternberg-Reed cells contained IgG and one type of light chain per cell, suggesting that such cells produce immunoglobulin. The ultrastructure of the L & H type Sternberg-Reed cells favored the immunoblastic nature of these cells.
It is concluded that nodular paragranuloma differs from other types of Hodgkin’s disease by its localization in B-cell areas and the presence of atypical B immunoblasts.
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Poppema, S., Kaiserling, E. & Lennert, K. Nodular paragranuloma and progressively transformed germinal centers. Virchows Archiv B Cell Pathol 31, 211–225 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02889938
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