Question

7. In a spinal fluid, describe the difference between macrophages and blasts from a lymphoma.

Answer 1

The monocyte/macrophage appears when clean up of the CSF is necessary because of degenerating cells and debris, often due to a subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) or meningitis. Cells that may be seen in cerebrospinal fluid may be divided into four categories: Mature peripheral blood cells.

Lymphoblastic lymphoma and acute lymphoblastic leukemia are morphologically and immunophenotypically the same disease and are distinguished on clinical grounds.Although the majority of lymphoblastic leukemias are of B lineage, only approximately 20% of lymphoblastic lymphomas express B-cell markers.