PMC3083535_01
FNAC smears show uniform, round-to-oval monotonous population of tumor cells in tigroid background (H and E, x450)
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F1
The background was "tigroid" with variable amounts of lymphocytes [Figure 1].
Cell block shows monotonous population of tumor cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm (H and E, x450)
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F2
Individual cells were round with eosinophilic cytoplasm, altered nucleo-cytoplasmic ratio with prominent nucleoli [Figure 2].
Section studied shows tumor cells arranged in sheets separated by thin fibrovascular septa (H and E, x450)
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F3
The cells had moderately eosinophilic-to-clear cytoplasm, round nuclei, with some of them showing conspicuous nucleoli [Figure 3].