Hobnail

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Referring to a 2-dimensional (when seen on glass slides of imaging) or 3-dimensional jutting of mutiple large rounded masses above a flattened surface

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There were 8 hobnail and 1 columnar cell variant PTC lesions, 6 with tall cell features, 73 classical variant PTC lesions, 46 lesions with vascular and/or tumor capsular invasion, 32 with ETE and 38 with local lymph node metastasis (Fig.

Efficacy of apparent diffusion coefficient in predicting aggressive histological features of papillary thyroid carcinoma

"I also liked the hobnail boots with leather soles that the Abrahams would have worn.

Revealed How these intrepid brothers took on Scotland's most fearsome peaks armed only with tweed jackets, hobnailed boots, rope. And a spirit of adventure; ROCK CLIMBING PIONEERS RISKED THEIR LIVES TO RECORD DARING MOUNTAIN TREKS

Hobnail haemangioma (Targetoid Haemosiderotic Haemangioma)

Cavernous haemangioma with retiform haemangioendothelioma--a case report

F: tubules lined by hobnail cells (arrows) showing focal atypias due to a degenerative process (H&E, 200x).

Recurrent nephrogenic adenoma in bladder diverticulum: case report and literature review

The histologic features that favor NA versus prostatic adenocarcinoma include a lack of significant cytologic atypia and mitosis, presence of adjacent urothelium with papillary architecture, and vascular-like cystic tubules lined by hobnail cells set in an edematous and inflammatory stroma (Figure 2, A).

Nephrogenic adenoma: report of a case and review of morphologic mimics

They range from "A Grand Impression," Krohn's memory of receiving a pair of coveted Levi jeans and a pair of hobnail boots for Christmas when he was 10 years old, and how the grand gift became a childhood humiliation, to "The Difficult Patient," in which his staff plays an April Fool's joke that teaches him a lesson about the doctor-patient relationship.

Obstetrician delivers delightful memoir

The inner zone features a silvered, finely hand-guilloch "Clous de Paris" or hobnail motif.

Malte Moon Phase and Power-Reserve

Mallory wore a Burberry suit over a woollen vest as well as a fur-lined motorcycle helmet and hobnail boots.

High hopes for history

We Americans and Europeans have been wearing silk slippers in recent years while the Chinese have been not only wearing hobnail boots but exporting them to the rest of the world as well.

Silk slippers, hobnail boots, and the Chinese Century? The sound of history? It's the sound of hobnail boots going up and silk slippers going down the stairwell of time

I personally insist on silent footwear as well, eschewing hobnail boots, dancing taps and skinny-soled loafers that squeak like frightened mice.

Shake, rattle and roll

The technology also offers the production of hobnail patterns at three times the production speed of a single board machine and a combination of rib and velour patterns in one carpet and in a single pass.