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*It is interesting that uniform spacing in the context of thyroid is benign... in breast suggests [[DCIS]]. | *It is interesting that uniform spacing in the context of thyroid is benign... in breast suggests [[DCIS]]. | ||
====Microfollicles==== | |||
Definition:<ref name=pmid16454552>{{Cite journal | last1 = Renshaw | first1 = AA. | last2 = Wang | first2 = E. | last3 = Wilbur | first3 = D. | last4 = Hughes | first4 = JH. | last5 = Haja | first5 = J. | last6 = Henry | first6 = MR. | title = Interobserver agreement on microfollicles in thyroid fine-needle aspirates. | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 130 | issue = 2 | pages = 148-52 | month = Feb | year = 2006 | doi = 10.1043/1543-2165(2006)130[148:IAOMIT]2.0.CO;2 | PMID = 16454552 }}</ref> | |||
*<15 follicular cells forming at least two thirds of a circle. | |||
*Usually flat, i.e. not three dimensional. | |||
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*A small number of microfollicles is considered normal. | |||
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