Papillary carcinoma - Case 29. (cytologic picture 4)
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Pap-smear, 400x. It is worth to analyze the arrangement of cells in the larger cluster, and to compare this cluster with that of a hyperthyroid goiter. In the latter the arrangement of cells is regular, nuclear crowding and overlapping is a rare finding. Moreover, there is a nucleus containing groove. The four cells in the right corner display abundant cytoplasm.

