Figure 1
From: Burkitt’s lymphoma masquerading as appendicitis – two case reports and review of the literature
The Starry-sky pattern of Burkitt’s lymphoma. The tumour cells of B lymphoblasts which are large rounded or indented nucleus and 3 or 4 nucleoli with thin layer of basophilic cytoplasm are closely apposed to each other forming a dark blue background (the ‘sky’). The surrounding macrophages with abundant pale foamy cytoplasm scattered among the tumour cells (the stars).