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Image:Glioblastoma_with_extreme_nuclear_enlargement_-_high_mag.jpg | Marked nuclear pleomorphism - in a case of glioblastoma - high mag. (WC)
Image:Glioblastoma_with_extreme_nuclear_enlargement_-_high_mag.jpg | Marked nuclear pleomorphism - in a case of glioblastoma - high mag. (WC/Nephron)
Image:Glioblastoma_with_extreme_nuclear_enlargement_-_very_high_mag.jpg | Marked nuclear pleomorphism - in a case of glioblastoma - very high mag. (WC)
Image:Glioblastoma_with_extreme_nuclear_enlargement_-_very_high_mag.jpg | Marked nuclear pleomorphism - in a case of [[glioblastoma]] - very high mag. (WC/Nephron)
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Image:Pleomorphic_undifferentiated_sarcoma_-_intermed_mag.jpg | [[Pleomorphic undifferentiated sarcoma]] - intermed. mag. (WC/Nephron)
Image:Pleomorphic_undifferentiated_sarcoma_-_very_high_mag.jpg | [[Pleomorphic undifferentiated sarcoma]] - high mag. (WC/Nephron)
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Revision as of 22:11, 25 September 2013

Nuclear pleomorphism is a common finding in malignant lesions.

It is the marked variation of:[1]

  1. Nuclear size.
  2. Nuclear shape.
  3. Nuclear staining (esp. hyperchromasia).

Memory device 3 S: size, shape, staining.

Images

See also

References

  1. Rashid, F.; Ul Haque, A. (Dec 2011). "Frequencies of different nuclear morphological features in prostate adenocarcinoma.". Ann Diagn Pathol 15 (6): 414-21. doi:10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2011.06.002. PMID 21849255.