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(a) Cytology smear showing dispersed population of lymphoid cells admixed with fibrous stroma (Pap, x40). (b) Cytology smear showing atypical lymphoid cell with cerebriform nucleus and prominent nucleoli (Pap, x1000). Inset shows CD4 positivity in tumor cells (IHC, x400)
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Smears showed atypical lymphoid cells in dispersed pattern admixed with few mature lymphocytes [Figure 1a]. Atypical cells had scanty cytoplasm, nucleus with irregular hyperconvoluted nuclear membrane, coarse chromatin, and at places prominent nucleoli [Figure 1b]. Immunohistochemistry showed positivity for leukocyte common antigen (LCA), CD3 and CD4 [inset in Figure 1b] and CD20, CD8 and CD30 were negative.