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*Nuclear changes - '''key feature'''. | *Nuclear changes - '''key feature'''. | ||
*#"Shrivelled nuclei"/"raisin" like nuclei, nuclei with a wavy ("textured") nuclear membrane -- usu. easy to find. | *#"Shrivelled nuclei"/"raisin" like nuclei, nuclei with a wavy ("textured") nuclear membrane -- usu. easy to find. | ||
*#[[Nuclear | *#[[Nuclear pseudoinclusions]] -- usu. harder to find; have high [[specificity]]. | ||
*#Nuclear grooves. | *#Nuclear grooves, seen as a result of the highly "textured" nuclear membrane. | ||
*#Nuclear clearing (only on permanent section) - also known as "Orphan Annie eyes". | *#Nuclear clearing (only on permanent section) - also known as "Orphan Annie eyes". | ||
*Overlap of nuclei - "cells do not respect each other's borders" (easy to see at '''key feature at low power'''). | *Overlap of nuclei - "cells do not respect each other's borders" (easy to see at '''key feature at low power'''). | ||