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Fig. 5

From: Atypical ultrasound features of parathyroid tumours may bear a relationship to their clinical and biochemical presentation

Fig. 5

a Neck ultrasonography of a 42-year-old male patient with parathyroid carcinoma showed a heterogeneous, more rounded left inferior parathyroid lesion with areas of cystic degeneration and ill-defined microlobulated margins. b Low-power photomicrograph (×50, H&E stain) shows a section of parathyroid carcinoma composed predominantly of chief cells of parathyroid with moderate pleomorphism (arrowheads), areas of haemorrhage (*), broad fibrous bands (arrow), capsular and vascular invasion

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