Difference between revisions of "Salivary glands"

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===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:
Features:<ref name=Ref_WMSP74>{{Ref WMSP|74}} <!-- Mike S. --></ref>
*Architecture: often small nests, may be targetoid.
**Classically has whorling with '''eye-of-storm''' & '''single file'''.
*Cytologically monotonous (uniform) with variable architecture - '''key feature'''.
*Cytologically monotonous (uniform) with variable architecture - '''key feature'''.
**Architecture: often small nests, may be targetoid.  
**Nucleus: ovoid & small, small nucleoli, powdery chromatin.
*Nucleus: ovoid & small with small nucleoli.
***'''[[Papillary thyroid carcinoma]]-like appearance'''.
**Cytoplasm: eosinophilic.  
*Indistinct cell borders.  
*Indistinct cell borders.  
*Eosinophilic cytoplasm.


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