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==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== | ||
Various criteria exist for this diagnosis. The most widely used is the ''Weiss criteria'', which is a big long clunker. | Various criteria exist for this diagnosis. The most widely used is the ''Weiss criteria'', which is a big long clunker. | ||
In general: | |||
Adenomas are small, circumscribed and have cells with largely bland nuclei and abundant foamy clear or pink cytoplasm. Carcinomas are large, infiltrative, have fibrous bands and necrosis, and cells with less cytoplasm and more atypia. | |||
Notes: | Notes: | ||