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centrocyte

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centrocyte /cen·tro·cyte/ (sen´tro-sīt″) a general term encompassing both large and small cleaved follicular center cells.centrocyt´ic
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Also challenging may be cases of follicular lymphoma in which there is an admixture of centrocytes and centroblasts (follicular lymphoma, grade 2), which may resemble reactive germinal centers.
Small lymphoid proliferations in extranodal locations by Rao, Dinesh S.; Said, Jonathan W. / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
The neoplastic cells vary from small to large, showing folding and cleaving of the nuclei, resembling centrocytes (small- to medium-sized cleaved cells with inconspicuous nucleoli) and centroblasts (large noncleaved cells with vesicular chromatin and several peripheral nucleoli).
Follicular lymphoma by Thompson, Lester D.R. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
 
 
 
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