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benign follicular nodule

Sunday 1 September 2013

Benign follicular nodule (colloid goiter, colloid nodule, adenomatoid nodule, etc.)
Links

 Papanicolaou Society atlas

Synopsis

 benign follicular cells
 colloid
 abundant thick colloid
 abundant colloid with "pavementing" ("cracking," "windowpane") artifact
 pseudopapillary hyperplasia
 benign oncocytic metaplasia
 Graves’ disease: monolayered sheets with flame cells
 Graves’ disease: flame cells
 Reactive Cyst Lining Cells with Hemosiderin Pigment
 Graves Disease: Stimulated follicular cells and marginal eosinophilic cytoplasmic vacuoles with terminal frayed edges.
 Benign adenomatous hyperplasia: Adenomatous hyperplasia in a benign follicular nodule. The three dimensional structures are acini and not papillary groups.