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Microscopic: | Microscopic: | ||
* | *Single layer of epithelium with ''tufts''. | ||
**Vaguely resemble ''serrations'', i.e. the ''saw-tooth'' pattern in hyperplastic polyps of the colon. | |||
*Mucin contained (inside appendix only). | *Mucin contained (inside appendix only). | ||
*No marked nuclear atypia. | |||
Note: | |||
* | *May be deceptively bland appearing from a cytologic perspective. | ||
Images: | |||
*[http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v17/n12/fig_tab/3800212f1.html LAMN - low mag. (nature.com)].<ref name=pmid15354187/> | *[http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v17/n12/fig_tab/3800212f1.html LAMN - low mag. (nature.com)].<ref name=pmid15354187/> | ||
*[http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v17/n12/fig_tab/3800212f3.html LAMN - high mag. (nature.com)].<ref name=pmid15354187>{{Cite journal | last1 = Misdraji | first1 = J. | last2 = Burgart | first2 = LJ. | last3 = Lauwers | first3 = GY. | title = Defective mismatch repair in the pathogenesis of low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasms and adenocarcinomas. | journal = Mod Pathol | volume = 17 | issue = 12 | pages = 1447-54 | month = Dec | year = 2004 | doi = 10.1038/modpathol.3800212 | PMID = 15354187 }}</ref> | *[http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v17/n12/fig_tab/3800212f3.html LAMN - high mag. (nature.com)].<ref name=pmid15354187>{{Cite journal | last1 = Misdraji | first1 = J. | last2 = Burgart | first2 = LJ. | last3 = Lauwers | first3 = GY. | title = Defective mismatch repair in the pathogenesis of low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasms and adenocarcinomas. | journal = Mod Pathol | volume = 17 | issue = 12 | pages = 1447-54 | month = Dec | year = 2004 | doi = 10.1038/modpathol.3800212 | PMID = 15354187 }}</ref> | ||