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**Suggests mesenchyme, i.e. sarcoma, compatible with melanoma and some carcinomas.
**Suggests mesenchyme, i.e. sarcoma, compatible with melanoma and some carcinomas.
*Plasmacytoid cell.
*Plasmacytoid cell.
**Resemble a plasma cell: eccentric nucleus, "clockface" chromatin pattern, scant basophilic cytoplasm.
**Resemble a plasma cell: eccentric nucleus, moderate basophilic cytoplasm, +/-"clockface" chromatin pattern (clumping of chromatin at the periphery of the nucleus), +/-perinuclear hof (crescentic cytoplasmic clearing adjacent to the nucleus; represents abundant Golgi apparatus).  
*Epithelioid cell.
*Epithelioid cell.
**Looks like epithelium - cell borders touch neighbouring cells so that the cells collectively form a barrier.
**Looks like epithelium - cell borders touch neighbouring cells so that the cells collectively form a barrier.
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