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Fine structure of the brenner tumor
Author(s) -
Roth Lawrence M.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197106)27:6<1482::aid-cncr2820270631>3.0.co;2-0
Subject(s) - epithelium , urinary system , pathology , urinary bladder , medicine , urology
The epithelium of the Brenner tumor resembles that of the urinary tract, and some authors consider Brenner tumors to be composed of a urothelial‐type of epithelium. A once popular viewpoint was that the Brenner tumor was a variant of the granulosa cell tumor. We have studied the fine structure of an ovarian Brenner tumor removed from a 65‐year‐old woman, and compared it with the fine structure of urinary tract epithelium and granulosa cells of the graafian follicle. The epithelial component of the Brenner tumor showed a number of the same structural features observed in urinary bladder epithelium. The cells showed no resemblance to granulosa cells of the graafian follicle.