The operated thyroid - Case 20. (cytologic picture 4)

A previously operated patient with a newly developed Graves' disease


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Pap-smear, 400x.   A papillary cell group. The borders of this cluster are not sharp. Note projections and vacuoles on the edge of the papilla. These properties are specific signs of a benign papillary cluster.  

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