High Grade (Large Cell) Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Nasopharynx: Novel Case Report with Touch Preparation Cytology and Positive EBV Encoded Early RNA

Figure 2

Tissue section from the nasopharyngeal biopsy showed a nested histoarchitecture with crush artifact and a well-preserved region of lesional cells set in a fibrous stroma with accompanying lymphocytes and plasmacytoid cells. Tumor cell sizes were intermediate to large with minimal to moderate amounts of amphophilic cytoplasm, large nuclei with finely granular chromatin, and eosinophilic nucleoli (hematoxylin and eosin stain, 600x).