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===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
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*Circumscribed clusters of spindle cells.
*Usu. well-circumscribed.
*+/-Mitoses.
*Clusters of (non-pleomorphic) spindle cells.
*Inflammation (lymphocytes).
*Microcysts in cellular regions - uncommon - ''discriminatory''.
*Mitoses - common.
*Extravasated [[RBC]]s.
 
The BD feature list:<ref>BD. 26 April 2011.</ref>
*Tissue culture-like/CNS-like morphology.
*Thick (keloid-like) collagen bundles - '''key feature'''.
*Extravasated [[RBC]]s.
*Inflammation.
*Inflammation.
*Microcysts in cellular regions - '''key feature'''.
*+/-Giant cells.


Notes:
Notes:
*No significant nuclear atypia.
*No significant nuclear atypia.
*No atypical mitoses.
*No atypical mitoses.
*May be cellular.


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