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*Architecture: nests, sheets or trabeculae. | *Architecture: nests, sheets or trabeculae. | ||
*Scant cytoplasm. | *Scant cytoplasm. | ||
*Abundant mitoses. | *Abundant mitoses. † | ||
/2011/SkinMerkelCell_11protocol.pdf http://www.cap.org/apps/docs/committees/cancer/cancer_protocols/2011/SkinMerkelCell_11protocol.pdf]. Accessed on: 28 March 2012.</ref> | |||
*+/-Nuclear moulding. | *+/-Nuclear moulding. | ||
**Nuclei of adjacent cells conform to one another. | |||
*+/-Tumour infiltrating lymphocytes. ‡ | |||
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*† >10 mitoses/HPF = poor prognosis - definition suffers from [[HPFitis]].<ref name=capp_mcc>URL: [http://www.cap.org/apps/docs/committees/cancer/cancer_protocols | |||
*‡ May be associated with a worse prognosis.<ref name=capp_mcc/> | |||
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