Re: Can someone explain this to me please?? reactive lymphoid hyperplasia

[Guest guest]

Lynne:

It sounds to me as if there is no indication of any

cancerous or metastatic process seen on your tests - I

would take that as no cancer of any kind, Hodgkins,

etc. I sure hope that is the case, and prayers are

out to you - hope the oncologist can put your mind to

rest - take care -

Kathe in CA

--- Lynne <momof6incfl@...> wrote:

> This is what my results say... " Left cervical lymph

> nodes removed(from

> my neck)sections reveal reactive lymphoid

> hyperplasia and sinus

> histiocytosis. Ther is NO definitive evidence of a

> lymphoproliferative process,granulomatous lesion, or

> metastatic

> epithelial malignancy. "

>

> As I research and try to figure out exactly what it

> means, I get more

> confused. Everything points me to

> cancer,lymphoma,hodgkins. Can you

> have these results and still have those diseases? It

> was my

> understanding when the surgeon said no cancer,

> that's what it really

> meant? I havent met with the oncologist yet. If

> anyone can help me

> understand this better, I would greatly appreciate

> it! Im ok, dont

> worry, Im not. Im just confused. Im ok either way!

>

> Thanks so much, Lynne

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Kathe

" To ride a horse is to borrow freedom. "

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[Guest guest]

Lynne,

You'll have to wait for the oncologist's interpretation of your situation,

but the report states that there are no definite signs of cancer.

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" Lymphoid hyperplasia is the rapid growth (proliferation) of normal cells

that resemble lymph tissue. "

MedlinePlus

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001320.htm

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" lymphoid hyperplasia - a form of chronic lymphadenitis occurring as an

immunologic response, often induced by drugs, and characterized by

transformation of T cells to lymphoblasts, endothelial cell hypertrophy, and

the presence of a mixed leukocyte infiltrate. "

" sinus histiocytosis - a disorder of the lymph nodes in which the distended

sinuses are completely, or nearly completely, filled by histiocytes, as a

result of active multiplication of the littoral cells. "

Merck

Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary

http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands.jspzQzpgzEzzSzppdocszSzuszS\

zcommonzSzdorlandszSzdorlandzSzdmd-a-b-000zPzhtm

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" REACTIVE LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA is the benign and reversible enlargement of

lymphoid tissue secondary to antigen stimulus. The lymph node response to

stimuli varies. Follicles can increase in size and number; sinuses can

enlarge and fill with histiocytes, or the architecture can be diffusely

effaced by sheets of lymphocytes, a few immunoblasts and macrophages. In

some cases there is a mixture of follicular, sinus and diffuse patterns. "

University of Virginia Health System

Pathology

" Benign White Cell Disorders: Reactive Lymphadenopathy " :

http://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/courses/path/innes/wcd/reactive.cfm

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Not an MD

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

[ ] Can someone explain this to me please?? " reactive

lymphoid hyperplasia "

> This is what my results say... " Left cervical lymph nodes removed(from

> my neck)sections reveal reactive lymphoid hyperplasia and sinus

> histiocytosis. Ther is NO definitive evidence of a

> lymphoproliferative process,granulomatous lesion, or metastatic

> epithelial malignancy. "

>

> As I research and try to figure out exactly what it means, I get more

> confused. Everything points me to cancer,lymphoma,hodgkins. Can you

> have these results and still have those diseases? It was my

> understanding when the surgeon said no cancer, that's what it really

> meant? I havent met with the oncologist yet. If anyone can help me

> understand this better, I would greatly appreciate it! Im ok, dont

> worry, Im not. Im just confused. Im ok either way!

> Thanks so much, Lynne