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Features: | Features: | ||
*Increased stromal cellularity - '''key feature'''. | *Increased stromal cellularity - '''key feature'''. | ||
**Large (plump) spindle cells (fibroblasts) with | **Large (plump) spindle cells (fibroblasts)‡ with (large) nuclei that are pale in relation to the tumour cells. | ||
*Edema - pale spaces between the cells - may be apparent at low power.<ref>{{Ref TPoSP|15}}</ref> | *Edema - pale spaces between the cells - may be apparent at low power.<ref>{{Ref TPoSP|15}}</ref> | ||
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*‡ Large (plump) spindle cells: the nuclei have approximately the width of a resting lymphocyte. | |||
DDx: | DDx: | ||