Lymph Node - Hyperplasia, Mast Cell

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Mast cell hyperplasia is an increase in the number of mast cells above that normally found in lymph nodes (i.e., concurrent controls). Mast cells may accumulate in lymph nodes as individual and/or clusters of cells within the nodal sinuses and parenchyma ( Figure 1

recommendation:
Mast cell hyperplasia should be diagnosed and graded whenever present.references:
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Tedia N, Wang H-W, McNeil HP, Di Girolamo N, Hampartzoumian T, Wakefield D, Lloyd A. 1998. Regulation of T lymphocyte trafficking into lymph nodes during an immune response by the chemokines macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-1 alpha and MIP-1 beta. J Immunol 161:5663-5672. Abstract: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9820547
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