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This is a gross photograph of thyroid gland taken at autopsy. The gland is only slightly enlarged and has a firm texture.
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This is a low-power photomicrograph of thyroid from this case. Note that the tissue is more cellular than one would expect and there does not appear to be normal colloid-filled blue spaces in this gland.
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This is a higher-power photomicrograph of thyroid from this case. Note the large number of blue-staining inflammatory cells in this tissue. These cells appear to be forming germinal centers. Some residual thyroid gland tissue can be seen in this section (arrows).
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This is another view of thyroid gland filled with inflammatory cells forming germinal centers (arrows).
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This is a higher-power photomicrograph of thyroid from this case showing the inflammatory cells and the residual thyroid tissue.
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