Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4130666 | Annals of Diagnostic Pathology | 2008 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
An oncocyte is a cell containing an abundant amount of deeply eosinophilic finely granular cytoplasm, rounded nuclei, and variable presence of nucleoli in conventional hematoxylin-eosin–stained sections. In the head and neck, a small number of lesions are constructed overwhelmingly of oncocytes; a larger number of nononcocytic lesions composed of cells that imitate this morphology are also encountered. Correlating the fine-needle aspiration cytology and histology of both oncocytic and oncocyte-like neoplasms can assist in avoiding interpretive pitfalls among these lesions.
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Authors
Paul E. Wakely Jr,