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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… 
National Institutes of Health

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Benign Mediastinal Psammomatous SchwannomaCalcifying Fibrous PseudotumorColumnar Cell Variant Thyroid Gland Papillary CarcinomaCribriform-Morular Variant Thyroid Gland Papillary Carcinoma

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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
“Histiocytoid” cells in fine‐needle aspirations of papillary carcinoma of the thyroid
Although the classic cytologic features of papillary carcinoma of the thyroid in fine‐needle aspirates have been well described… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Fine‐needle aspiration of the macrofollicular and microfollicular subtypes of the follicular variant of papillary carcinoma of the thyroid
The follicular variant of papillary carcinoma of the thyroid (FVPCT) is being increasingly diagnosed on excised thyroid nodules… 
1998
1998
Psammoma bodies in fine‐needle aspirates of the thyroid
BACKGROUND Although characteristic of thyroid papillary carcinoma, psammoma bodies occasionally arise in benign or nonpapillary… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Prognostic factors in extraovarian primary peritoneal carcinoma.
OBJECTIVE To determine the pathological, clinical, and therapeutic factors which had prognostic significance in women with… 
1998
1998
Morphology and pathogenesis of Liesegang rings in cyst aspirates: Report of two cases with ancillary studies
Liesegang rings are laminated ring‐like structures occasionally found in benign cysts and abscesses. They have been confused with… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Morphologic Precursors of Ovarian Epithelial Tumors
Objective: To correlate various types of hyperplastic lesions of the ovarian surface epithelium with primary disease the female… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Chronic toxicity and carcinogenicity of bis(tri-n-butyltin)oxide (TBTO) in the rat.
Review
1990
Review
1990
Melanotic schwannoma. Clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural features of a rare primary bone tumor.
The authors report a 35-year-old woman who presented with a lytic and blastic tumor of the ilium with soft tissue extension. The… 
1988
1988
A histopathologic study on 1,095 surgically resected thyroid specimens.
A histopathologic study was made on 1,095 thyroid specimens which had been removed surgically under various diagnoses at Seoul… 
1968
1968
Intradermal nevus with psammoma body formation.
An unusual case of intradermal nevus with psammoma body formation of the face in an elderly man is reported. Derivation of the… 
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