Splenic marginal zone lymphoma

Contrast-enhanced peripheral smear shows small lymphoid cells with dark round nuclei, lightly basophilic cytoplasm, and bipolar surface villous processes (arrows).

From Warnke RA, Weiss LM, Chan JK, Cleary ML, Dorfman RF. Tumors of the lymph nodes and spleen. Atlas of tumor pathology (electronic fascicle), Third series, fascicle 14, 1995, Washington, DC. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology.

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