Nuclear groove
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Nuclear grooves (arrows indicate one of them) in papillary thyroid cancer.
A nuclear groove is an invagination of the nuclear envelope, in the longitudinal axis.[1] It can be present in:
- Thyroid neoplasms: It is a characteristic feature of papillary thyroid carcinoma, but has also been seen in other types of thyroid neoplasms, as well as in non-neoplastic thyroid lesions.[1]
- Ovarian tumors including Brenner tumors, , and .[1]
- Breast carcinomas[1]
- Vaginal, cervical and/or
- of several organs: of the urinary bladder, papillary renal cell carcinoma, of the prostate, in , and in non-epithelial tumors.
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