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Medullary thyroid carcinoma (view source)
Revision as of 03:51, 23 March 2015
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**Coarse chromatin (''salt and pepper nuclei''). | **Coarse chromatin (''salt and pepper nuclei''). | ||
Surrounding Thyroid | |||
*+/-[[C-cell hyperplasia]] - seen with familial forms of MTC. | *+/-[[C-cell hyperplasia]] - seen with familial forms of MTC. | ||
**C cells (AKA ''parafollicular cell''): abundant cytoplasm - clear/pale. | **C cells (AKA ''parafollicular cell''): abundant cytoplasm - clear/pale. | ||