Lymph nodes - case 1270 (cytologic picture 6)


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Right lobe, longitudinal scan

Pap-smear, 1000x.   This is pathognomonic pattern: there are atypical polygonal tumor cells with abundant cytoplasm and an absolutely irregular chromatin structure. There is a mitotic cell in the center of the image.

 

 

 

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