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VI-52, Slide 37, Thymus (H&E). High power view of medulla and Hassall's corpuscles (H). Thymic epithelial cells (E), also known as epithelial reticular cells, have large euchromatic nuclei and pale eosinophilic cytoplasm. Hassall's corpuscles are composed of degenerating thymic epithelial cells.