title: Non-hodgkin malignant lymphoma with tissue neutrophilia: a report of 3 cases.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Neutrophils, in the absence of necrosis, are uncommon in non-Hodgkin malignant lymphoma. Recently, a neutrophil-rich type of Ki-1 (CD30)-positive, anaplastic large cell lymphoma was described.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  We report 3 cases of nonanaplastic large cell lymphoma with an abundance of tissue neutrophils; 2 cases were associated with breast carcinoma and possible infection.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Peripheral blood neutrophilia was noted in only 1 of these 3 patients. Neutrophilia in the lymph nodes occurred in either a sinusoidal or interstitial pattern. Multiple biopsies were available for review in 2 patients; however, tissue neutrophilia was present in only 1 biopsy each.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings suggest that nonanaplastic large cell lymphoma-related tissue neutrophilia is a transient phenomenon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10467, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Badve
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blumstein
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wiernik
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ratech
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000032:analysis; D001706:Biopsy; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology*; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology*; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology*; D020556:Neutrophil Infiltration; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2