PMC3047771_01
Cut section of the specimen revealing brownish multiloculated cyst with thin septae
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F1
On sectioning, the surface displayed multiple locules between 0.3 and 1 cm in diameter with pale brown serous fluid; separated by fine translucent septae with tiny grey-white nodules [Figure 1].
Microphotograph showing degenerating Hassal's corpuscle within thymic lymphoid tissue (H and E, x400)
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Many of the Hassal's corpuscles had a distended appearance with flat epithelial lining and luminal debris, suggesting early cyst formation [Figure 2].