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Cytologically Yours: Unknowns: 201311: Case 5

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* <spoiler text="Diagnosis?">
* Follicular neoplasm (Hurthle cell type). </spoiler>
 
==Cytologic Features==
*Pure Hurthle cell population
*Prominent nucleolus
*Pseudopsammoma bodies (Basophlic structures thought to be colloid, with concentric lamellae)
*Shows either small cell dysplasia (smaller cells with high N/C ratio) or large cell dysplasia (large cells with at least 2x variability in nuclear size)
*No lymphocytes