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Psammoma bodies in endometriosis: Clinical, cytological, and physiopathological implications
Author(s) -
Minkowitz G.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
diagnostic cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1097-0339
pISSN - 8755-1039
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0339(199605)14:4<331::aid-dc11>3.0.co;2-l
Subject(s) - psammoma body , calcification , pathology , medicine , endometriosis , anatomy , immunohistochemistry
This, to the best of our knowledge, is the first report of the cytological observation of psammoma bodies in an endometrioma. Psammoma bodies are laminated, calcified spherites, commonly associated with meningiomas, ovarian serous cystadenocarcinomas, and papillary carcinoma of the thyroid. Many other pathologic processes can produce dystrophic calcification in the form of psammoma bodies. The physiopathological theories of the origin of dystrophic calcification and psammoma bodies will be discussed. The most promising theory implicates matrix vesicles as the nidus for calcification. Diagn Cytopathol 1996;14:331–333. © 1996 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.