Papillary Thyroid Cancer in a Child with Progressive Transformation of Germinal Centers

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Papillary thyroid cancer microscopic examination. (a) Papillary thyroid carcinoma. Circumscribed nodule with papillary and follicular architecture and background fibrous bands (H&E, 2x). (b) Nuclear crowding, oval to elongated nuclei with fine open chromatin, nuclear membrane irregularity, and nuclear grooves (H&E, 40x). (c) Lymph node showing metastatic papillary thyroid cancer (H&E, 4x). (d) Metastatic papillary thyroid cancer nuclear features (nuclear crowding, fine open chromatin pattern, nuclear grooves, and nuclear membrane irregularity) (H&E, 40x).

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