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#Cytoplasm - abundance (scant, moderate, abundant).
#Cytoplasm - abundance (scant, moderate, abundant).
#*Eosinophilic cytoplasm disfavours lymphoma.
#*Eosinophilic cytoplasm disfavours lymphoma.
#*Oncocytic - possessing copious eosinophilic granular cytoplasm.
#**Benign lesions composed of oncocytes - oncocytoma
#**Oncocytic metaplasia (alteration of cytoplasm) can effect all or a part of a lesion.
#**Oncocytic neoplasms are common in the kidneys, thyroid and salivary glands.
#**Oncocytic change increases with age
#**May represent senescent accumulation of mitochondria in secretory epithelial.
#Chromatin - coarseness (fine, granular).
#Chromatin - coarseness (fine, granular).
#Nucleoli - number (absent, present, multiple).
#Nucleoli - number (absent, present, multiple).