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pleomorphism
(redirected from Nuclear pleomorphism)

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pleomorphism [‚plē·ō′mȯr‚fiz·əm]
(biology)
The occurrence of more than one distinct form of an organism in a single life cycle.
(crystallography)


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Mild nuclear pleomorphism and a loss of basal polarity in low-grade adenocarcinoma cells help distinguish them from cells found in adenomas and papillomas.
Microscopically, the tumor consisted of nests of neoplastic cells separated by thin strands of eosinophilic stroma, with a predominant pattern of spindle cells with mild to moderate nuclear pleomorphism and a trabecular pattern at the periphery.
4) Malignancy is confirmed by the presence of nuclear pleomorphism, mitosis, and an
 
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