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oocyte
(redirected from Cell nest)

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oocyte [′ōยทə‚sīt]
(histology)
An egg before the completion of maturation.


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Prominent epithelial infiltration by lymphocytes is characteristic (figure, B), as is the presence of epimyoepithelial islands, which are epithelial cell nests extensively infiltrated by lymphocytes (figure, C).
In some cases, germ cell nests that were characteristic of female precursors could also be found in the center portions of lobes adjacent to the characteristic male precursor lobule structures.
Scattered around and frequently surrounding the tumor cell nests were large, multinucleated, pleomorphic tumor cells (syncytiotrophoblasts) (Figure 1, a and b).
 
 
 
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