100 consecutive patients with thyroid nodule - Case 44. (cytologic picture 4)
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Pap-smear, 200x. The pathognomic feature of Hashimoto's thyroiditis is seen in the cell group: oxyphilic cells mixed with two lymphocytes. There is diffuse colloid in the background which is unusual in the event of Hashimoto's thyroiditis.

