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#Cytologic features of malignancy may not be present; some tumours, e.g. gallbladder carcinoma, do not always have overt cytologic features of malignancy. | #Cytologic features of malignancy may not be present; some tumours, e.g. gallbladder carcinoma, do not always have overt cytologic features of malignancy. | ||
#*The diagnosis is based on the fact that they are foreign to the lymph node ''and'' architecturally consistent with a well-differentiated malignancy. | #*The diagnosis is based on the fact that they are foreign to the lymph node ''and'' architecturally consistent with a well-differentiated malignancy. | ||
#[[Endometriosis]] | #Mimics of metastatic disease: | ||
#*[[Endometriosis]]. | |||
#*Ectopic [[decidua]].<ref name=pmid15859655>{{Cite journal | last1 = Wu | first1 = DC. | last2 = Hirschowitz | first2 = S. | last3 = Natarajan | first3 = S. | title = Ectopic decidua of pelvic lymph nodes: a potential diagnostic pitfall. | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 129 | issue = 5 | pages = e117-20 | month = May | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1043/1543-2165(2005)129e117:EDOPLN2.0.CO;2 | PMID = 15859655 }}</ref> | |||
#*[[Endosalpingiosis]]. | |||
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