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Definition / general | Case reports | Microscopic (histologic) images | Positive stains | Negative stains | Differential diagnosisCite this page: DePond W. Megakaryocytes. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/lymphnodesmegakaryocytes.html. Accessed January 25th, 2021.
Definition / general
- Often associated with extramedullary hematopoiesis when present in lymph nodes
Case reports
- 35 year old woman with megakaryocytes mimicking metastatic breast carcinoma (Arch Pathol Lab Med 2002;126:618)
Differential diagnosis
- Multinucleated histiocytes: larger, more cytoplasm, vesicular nuclei that are not multilobated, CD68+