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. 2004 Mar;57(3):225–232. doi: 10.1136/jcp.2003.008474

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Oncocytic follicular cells in the thyroid, known as Hürthle cells, are characterised by large size, polygonal to square shape, distinct cell borders, voluminous granular and eosinophilic cytoplasm, and a large, often hyperchromatic nucleus with prominent “cherry pink” macronucleoli.