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OCL-GC
(redirected from osteoclast-like giant cell)

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OCL-GCosteoclast-like giant cell(s)


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The Papanicolaou smear was nondiagnostic, but the Wright-Giemsa stain was richly cellular and populated by three components: (1) numerous osteoclast-like multinuclear giant cells, (2) multiple malignant-appearing mononuclear and multinuclear cells, and (3) broad, tightly cohesive, flat sheets of large polygonal epithelial cells (figure 1): * The osteoclast-like giant cells contained multiple relatively monomorphic and bland-looking nuclei (ranging from 3 to 25 per cell) with abundant cytoplasm.
Undifferentiated (anaplastic) carcinomas with osteoclast-like giant cells are very unusual neoplasms with controversial histiocytic origin.
[6] Classic microscopic features include proliferating spindle cells and osteoclast-like giant cells lining pseudovascular cavernous spaces; a fibromyxoid background substance with scattered chondroid and osteoid changes often may be recognized.
 
 
 
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