PMC3643370_01
Cellular smears containing pleomorphic cells having very large nuclei (monster cells) with scanty cytoplasm. Few of the nuclei revealing nucleoli (Giemsa, x400)
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F1
Few of the nuclei showed single nucleoli [Figure 1].
Section showing pleomorphic cells scattered between the collagen bundles (H and E, x200)
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F2
These cells were markedly atypical showing scant cytoplasm and large, pleomorphic, enlarged hyperchromatic nuclei with small nucleoli [Figure 2].
Lesional cells revealed positive staining for vimentin (IHC, x200)
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F3