The neoplastic cells have clear or faintly granular cytoplasm. C is not high. The nuclei show some variation in nuclear chromatin and identifiable nucleoli. No necrosis or mitoses are seen. The lower right hand corner shows lymphocytes and a single multinucleated giant cell.
Cells have round to oval nuclei, relatively clear cytoplasm, and well defined cell borders.
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