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Fig. 6

From: Characterization of neoplastic cells outlining the cystic space of invasive micropapillary carcinoma of the canine mammary gland

Fig. 6

Ultrastructures of normal and canine IMPC myoepithelial cells. a Normal myoepithelial cells show ovoid nuclear (N) shapes and hemidesmosomes (double arrowheads) along the evident basement membrane (BM). In IMPC (b), myoepithelial-like cells (My) show a smaller and flatter nucleus and thinner cytoplasm. In (c) and (d), thin cytoplasmic projections of My cells (arrows) coating the large lumen (Lu) of the cystic space located close to dense and ordered bundles of collagen fibrils are observed (c). Ep, neoplastic epithelial cell. Scale bars: a and b = 1 μm; c = 2 μm; d = 200 nm

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