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Papillary adenocarcinoma of endometrium with psammoma bodies. Histology and fine structure
Author(s) -
Hameed Khalid,
Morgan Donald Arthur
Publication year - 1972
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(197205)29:5<1326::aid-cncr2820290530>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - psammoma body , pathology , papillary adenocarcinoma , histology , anatomy , endometrium , medicine , adenocarcinoma , immunohistochemistry , cancer
A rare case of papillary adenocarcinoma of the endometrium with psammoma bodies is reported. Essentially two types of cells constituted the tumor. One type, which was endometrioid in appearance, lined the large glandular structures and their papillary folds. The other type formed small glands and the relatively solid areas. Ultrastructurally, the latter cells appeared undifferentiated and contained prominent juxtanuclear fibrillary aggregates. Our observations suggest that the cytoplasmic fibrils probably play an important role in psammoma body formation.