Case Reports Surgical Pathology 2023 Exercise 3: Demystifying Lymphocyte Proliferations in Lung: A Surgical Pathologist's Guide to Lymphoid Hyperplasia and Lymphoma

Authors

Nitin Kondapalli, MD

Farheen Sana, MD

Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas

Dallas, Texas

Kathryn G. Lindsey, MD

Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina

Primary Audience: Pathologists and Clinical Scientists
Secondary Audience: Residents, Laboratory Technologist/Scientist (Includes all sub-specialty areas), Students, Pathologist Assistants, Laboratory Directors and Educators

Upon completion of this activity, you will be able to:

·         discuss the most common types of primary pulmonary lymphoma;

·         discuss the histomorphologic differences between the 2 variants of Castleman disease;

·         identify the most common translocation associated with marginal zone lymphoma;

·         differentiate follicular bronchiolitis from nodular lymphoid hyperplasia by clinical and pathologic features;

·         explain the pathogenesis and identify the neoplastic cells in lymphomatoid granulomatosis; and

·         describe the histomorphologic features of IgG4-related lung disease.