Fig. 3
From: Bronchial oncocytic carcinoma in an adult: a case report and literature review
Morphology of the nodule. (a) The tumor invades and replaces the normal bronchial mucosa and submucosal glands with a focal stromal reaction and some acinar secretion. (b) High magnification of Fig. 3a, the loose edematous stromal reaction in the center is appreciated; the tumor cells are arranged in a nest and acinar pattern. (c) Oncocytic carcinoma shows abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm and centrally located vesicular nuclei with a single conspicuous nucleolus. Equipment used to obtain images: Olympus BX43F microscope, Olympus DP74 camera and acquisition software: OLYMPUS cellSens Dimension 1.16 software at a resolution of 1600 × 1200 pixel. The downstream processing to merge images in Adobe Photoshop CS6 at a resolution of 300 dpi