carotid body paraganglioma
Histologic Features
- A thin capsule surrounding the neoplasm which is characterized by
- Small uniform cells arranged in small nests surrounded by thin capillaries
- Neoplastic cells characterized by round nuclei with clumped chromatin and granular eosinophilic cytoplasm
- Cytoplasm of one cell enveloping that of adjacent cells
- Retraction spaces between tumor lobules and vessels
Updated Wednesday, July 31, 2013 8:30:48 PM