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. 2014 Jan;31(1):59-60.
doi: 10.4103/0970-9371.130717.

Renal oncocytoma: A diagnostic dilemma on cytology

Biswajeet Biswas  1 , Shailja Puri Wahal  1 , Anchana Gulati  1
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Renal oncocytoma: A diagnostic dilemma on cytology

Biswajeet Biswas et al. J Cytol. 2014 Jan.
No abstract available

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Figure 1
(a) The CT scan showing a 4 × 4 cm heterogeneous mass in mid and lower left kidney. (b) The cytosmears show loosely cohesive clusters of cells with low nucleocytoplasmic ratio, round nuclei, inconspicuous nucleoli, fine chromatin, and granular cytoplasm (Giemsa, ×400). (c) Left nephrectomy specimen showing a circumscribed growth in the lower pole with mahogany-brown cut surface. (d) Nest of tumor cells with central round, mildly pleomorphic nuclei, small nucleoli and abundant eosinophilic granular cytoplasm separated by thin fibrovascular septae (H and E, ×400)
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