Lymph nodes: You gotta know normal before you can recognize abnormal

Have you ever wondered, "what exactly does a normal lymph node look like cytologically?"

Like most things in vet med, it's so important to know what's normal before you can recognize the abnormal. 

Behold! A picture of a normal lymph node.

But what makes this normal? It's all about proportions.

Normal lymph nodes contain primarily small lymphocytes, with low numbers of intermediate to large lymphocytes.

Now that you know what a normal lymph node looks like, stay tuned for next week when I show you what lymphoma looks like.