This usuallymeans that the lymphoma cells have some morphological characteristic of plasma cells, but don't entirely resemble plasma cells. The implications of "plasmacytoid" depend upon the rest of the diagnosis. Plasmacytoid is not a category. What type of non-Hodgkins lymphoma? Maryalice >My freind has been told he Non Hodgkins Lymphoma, The doctor wrote >down the word Plasmacytoid, could you explain what it means. > Many thanks, Chris Amos (England) Maryalice Stetler-Stevenson Director Flow Cytometry Unit Laboratory of Pathology, NCI, NIH "Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly." The Dalai Lama
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