Table 1

 Details of the 4 cases reported here

CaseSiteType of granulomaIHCDiagnosis
IHC, immunohistochemistry.
11 of 10 lymph nodesNecrobioticNegativeNecrobiotic granulomatous
29 of 20 lymph nodesNecrobiotic and epithelioid granulomata (1 node); necro-biotic granulomata (1 node); epithelioid granulomata adjacent to metastases (5 nodes); epithelioid granulomata without associated metastatic carcinoma (2 nodes)PositiveMetastatic tumour necrosis with granulomatous inflammation
3StromaNecrobioticPositiveTumour necrosis with granulomatous inflammation
45 of 9 lymph nodesNecrobiotic (2 nodes); epithelioid (3 nodes)NegativeNecrobiotic granulomatous lymphadenitis