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===Gross===
===Gross===
*Classically solid.
*Classically solid.
===Microscopic===
Features:
* Classic appearance includes gland-like structures filled with acidophilic material (Call-Exner bodies).
* Small cuboidal to polygonal cell in sheets ''or'' strands ''or'' cords.
* Nuclear grooves.
Note:
*There is a "10% rule" -- if less than 10% of a SCST is granulosa cells... it isn't granulosa cell tumour.
*Juvenile variant of GCT has more nuclear pleomorphism.
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* [[Urothelial cell carcinoma]] (UCC).
** UCC usually has extensive necrosis.
* [[Brenner tumour]].
* [[Sertoli cell tumour]].
* [[Sertoli-Leydig cell tumour]].
* [[Endometrial stromal sarcoma]].
====Images====
<gallery>
Image:Granulosa_cell_tumour1.jpg | Granulosa cell tumour - low mag. (WC)
Image:Granulosa_cell_tumour2.jpg | Granulosa cell tumour - high mag. (WC)
</gallery>


===IHC===
===IHC===
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