Blood, 1959, Vol. 14, No. 6, pp. 759-769.
© 1959 American Society of Hematology, Inc.
Lymph Node Reactivity. I. Non-Cancer Patients
MAURICE M. BLACK 1 and
FRANCIS D. SPEER 1
1 Department of Pathology, New York Medical College, New York, N. Y.
A study is made of the structure of lymph nodes removed at autopsy and
at the time of surgery from patients with non-neoplastic diseases. The lymph
node structure is evaluated by means of H&E and ammoniacal silver staining.
A variety of recognizable patterns are identified and designated as: control,
non-immune phagocytosis, recognition, reactive, immune SH and degenerative
syncytial histiocytosis. The findings are discussed in terms of antigen-induced
reactivity and antibody synthesis.
Submitted on August 18, 1958
Accepted on November 18, 1958