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Psammoma Body Formation

Known as: psammoma bodies, psammoma body, bodies psammoma 
A structure found in some benign (not cancer) or malignant (cancer) tumor cells. Psammoma bodies look like hardened concentric rings when viewed… (More)

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endosalpingiosis
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2011
2011
Papillary tubal hyperplasia: the putative precursor of ovarian atypical proliferative (borderline) serous tumors, noninvasive implants, and endosalpingiosis.
In contrast to the controversy regarding the terminology and behavior of ovarian noninvasive low-grade serous tumors [atypical… (More)
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2009
2009
Survival impact of psammoma body, stromal calcification, and bone formation in papillary thyroid carcinoma
The presence of calcification is the most significant ultrasonographic finding in evaluating thyroid nodules. Calcifications are… (More)
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2008
2008
Microcalcifications and psammoma bodies in thyroid tumors.
Microcalcifications are a highly specific sign of malignancy being frequently detected in papillary or medullary cancers, while… (More)
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2006
Highly Cited
2006
Correlation between genetic alterations and microscopic features, clinical manifestations, and prognostic characteristics of thyroid papillary carcinomas.
Papillary carcinoma is the most common type of thyroid malignancy. It has been recently shown that these tumors commonly have one… (More)
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2004
2004
Presence of nanobacteria in psammoma bodies of ovarian cancer: evidence for pathogenetic role in intratumoral biomineralization.
AIMS The presence of laminated, calcified extracellular debris known as psammoma bodies is a well-known histomorphological… (More)
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2001
Highly Cited
2001
Morphologic typing of papillary renal cell carcinoma: comparison of growth kinetics and patient survival in 66 cases.
Whereas papillary renal cell carcinoma is now established as a subtype of renal cell neoplasia, division of these tumors into 2… (More)
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1997
Highly Cited
1997
Papillary renal cell carcinoma: a clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 105 tumors.
Papillary renal cell carcinoma is the second most common carcinoma of the renal tubules and has been characterized genetically… (More)
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1995
1995
Carney complex: the complex of myxomas, spotty pigmentation, endocrine overactivity, and schwannomas.
The complex of myxomas, spotty pigmentation, endocrine overactivity, and schwannomas (the Carney complex) is a multisystem… (More)
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1990
1990
Psammomatous melanotic schwannoma. A distinctive, heritable tumor with special associations, including cardiac myxoma and the Cushing syndrome.
Schwannoma, a benign tumor of peripheral nerve sheath, infrequently contains melanin and even less frequently features psammoma… (More)
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1980
1980
The origin and significance of thyroid psammoma bodies.
We have used ultrastructural techniques to study the pathogenesis of calcifications and psammoma bodies in human thyroid… (More)
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