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#redirect [[gynecologic pathology#Walthard_cell_rest]]
'''Walthard cell rest''', also '''Walthard cell nest''', is a benign finding in [[gynecologic pathology]].
 
==General==
*[[AKA]] ''Walthard cell '''n'''est''.
*Benign.
 
===Epidemiology===
*Thought to be related to [[Brenner tumour]].
 
==Microscopic==
Features:<ref name=Ref_GP332>{{Ref_GP|332}}</ref>
*Collection of eosinophilic (i.e. pink) cuboidal cells; usually solid, may be cystic.
*Elliptical nucleus with single groove along major axis; "coffee bean" nucleus -- '''key feature'''.
 
Location:
*Usually in soft tissue of the uterine tube.
 
===Images===
<gallery>
Image:Walthard cell rest - very high mag.jpg | WCR - very high mag.
Image:Walthard cell rest - high mag.jpg | WCR - high mag.
Image:Walthard cell rest - intermed mag.jpg | WCR - intermed. mag.
Image:Walthard cell rest - low mag.jpg | WCR - low mag.
Image:Walthard cell rest - very low mag.jpg | WCR - very low mag.
</gallery>
 
==See also==
*[[Gynecologic pathology]]
 
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
 
[[Category:Gynecologic pathology]]

Revision as of 22:46, 11 May 2014

Walthard cell rest, also Walthard cell nest, is a benign finding in gynecologic pathology.

General

  • AKA Walthard cell nest.
  • Benign.

Epidemiology

Microscopic

Features:[1]

  • Collection of eosinophilic (i.e. pink) cuboidal cells; usually solid, may be cystic.
  • Elliptical nucleus with single groove along major axis; "coffee bean" nucleus -- key feature.

Location:

  • Usually in soft tissue of the uterine tube.

Images

See also

References

  1. Nucci, Marisa R.; Oliva, Esther (2009). Gynecologic Pathology: A Volume in Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology Series (1st ed.). Churchill Livingstone. pp. 332. ISBN 978-0443069208.