Askanazy cell
(Science: pathology) abnormal thyroid epithelial cells found in auto immune thyroiditis. The cubical cells line small acini and have eosinophilic granular cytoplasm and often bizarre nuclear morphology.
Synonym: hurthle cell, oxyphil cell, oncocyte.
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