Figure 2

Serial sections of a micropapillary pattern-positive specimen. The tuft marked by () in section 12 is consecutive with another tuft in section 8 and even with the main tumor in section 1. Two isolated tufts identified by (
) in section 4 are shown to be consecutive in section 10. The tuft identified by ( → ) in sections 5, 6, and 7 could not be identified as continuous with any other tuft. Sections 1–16 hematoxylin–eosin at × 40.