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©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email Benign macrofollicular thyroid lesion: Findings on fine needle aspirate Low-power view of a fine needle aspirate of a thyroid nodule showing an intact macrofollicle (a) and a macrofollicle that has been broken apart by the biopsy forming a flat sheet (b). At this power, the cells appear uniform in size and are not crowded. Not shown, but commonly present in macrofollicular lesions, are areas of cystic degeneration, cellular debris, and hemosiderin-laden macrophages.
©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email Benign macrofollicular thyroid lesion: Findings on fine needle aspirate Low-power view of a fine needle aspirate of a thyroid nodule showing an intact macrofollicle (a) and a macrofollicle that has been broken apart by the biopsy forming a flat sheet (b). At this power, the cells appear uniform in size and are not crowded. Not shown, but commonly present in macrofollicular lesions, are areas of cystic degeneration, cellular debris, and hemosiderin-laden macrophages. Benign macrofollicular thyroid lesion: Findings on fine needle aspirate High-power view of a fine needle aspirate of a thyroid nodule. The follicular cells are small, uniform in size, flat, and noncrowded, with smeared colloid in the background. These findings can be seen in a normal thyroid gland, benign sporadic goiter, or a true benign macrofollicular monoclonal tumor.