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nuclear anomalies
Thursday 3 July 2003
abnormalities, abnormality, anomaly,
Examples
nuclear size anomalies
- nuclear enlargment
- eccentric nucleus / eccentric nuclei
nuclear appearance anomalies
- pyknosis
- hyperchromasia
- wrinkled nuclei
- nuclear pleomorphism / bizarre nuclei
- nuclear grooves / coffee bean nuclei / nuclear longitudinal grooves
- nuclear ground glass inclusions ( finely dispersed optically clear chromatin )
- empty round nuclei (orphan annie appearance / orphan Annie nuclei )
- nuclear inclusions / nuclear pseudoinclusions
- eosinophilic intranuclear inclusions ( cytoplasmic invaginations )
degenerative atypia ( as in old neurofibroma )
- anomalies of the chromatin pattern
anomalies of the nuclear envelope
- clutching of the nuclear envelope
abnormal mitosis / anomalies of mitotic figures
- large nucleoli
- micronucleoli
Examples
nuclear grooves
See also
See also: normality