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[[Image:Glioblastoma_with_extreme_nuclear_enlargement_-_very_high_mag.jpg|thumb | [[Image:Glioblastoma_with_extreme_nuclear_enlargement_-_very_high_mag.jpg|thumb|Extreme nuclear pleomorphism in a case of [[glioblastoma]].]] | ||
[[Image:Mucinous lung adenocarcinoma and airway -- high mag.jpg|thumb|right|Some forms of cancer have no or minimal nuclear pleomorphism; mucinous [[adenocarcinoma of the lung]] (left of image) looks similar to (benign) gastric foveolar epithelium and in this image is juxtaposed with benign ciliated epithelium (right of image). [[H&E stain]].]] | |||
'''Nuclear pleomorphism''' is a common finding in [[cancer|malignant lesions]]. '''Anisonucleosis''' is often used as a synonym for ''nuclear pleomorphism''; ''iso-'' means ''equal'' or ''identical'',<ref>URL: [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/iso-?s=ts http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/iso-?s=ts]. Accessed on: 26 September 2013.</ref> and ''an-'' means ''not''.<ref>URL: [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/an-?s=t http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/an-?s=t]. Accessed on: 26 September 2013.</ref> | '''Nuclear pleomorphism''' is a common finding in [[cancer|malignant lesions]]. '''Anisonucleosis''' is often used as a synonym for ''nuclear pleomorphism''; ''iso-'' means ''equal'' or ''identical'',<ref>URL: [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/iso-?s=ts http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/iso-?s=ts]. Accessed on: 26 September 2013.</ref> and ''an-'' means ''not''.<ref>URL: [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/an-?s=t http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/an-?s=t]. Accessed on: 26 September 2013.</ref> | ||