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*Parathyroid: | *Parathyroid: | ||
**No germinal centres. | **No germinal centres. | ||
**Gland-like/follicular-like arrangement | **Gland-like/follicular-like arrangement may be present but usually much smaller than normal thyroid follicles. | ||
***May be confused with thyroid microfollicules. | |||
**Occasional cell with rim of clear cytoplasm (oxyphil?). | **Occasional cell with rim of clear cytoplasm (oxyphil?). | ||
**Nuclei are different: | **Nuclei are different: | ||
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***Stippled chromatin (unlike lymphocytes). | ***Stippled chromatin (unlike lymphocytes). | ||
Images: | |||
*[http://www.deltagen.com/target/histologyatlas/atlas_files/endocrine/parathyroid_and_thyroid_glands_20x.jpg Parathyroid image (deltagen.com)]. | |||
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.qe2a-proxy.mun.ca/pmc/articles/PMC1770637/figure/f1/ Parathyroid gland (nih.gov)].<ref name=pmid15790694>{{Cite journal | last1 = Johnson | first1 = SJ. | last2 = Sheffield | first2 = EA. | last3 = McNicol | first3 = AM. | title = Best practice no 183. Examination of parathyroid gland specimens. | journal = J Clin Pathol | volume = 58 | issue = 4 | pages = 338-42 | month = Apr | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1136/jcp.2002.002550 | PMID = 15790694 | PMC = 1770637 }}</ref> | |||
=Specific entities= | =Specific entities= | ||