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===Primary image=== | ===Primary image=== | ||
[[Image:NP_psammomatous_meningioma_0001.jpg|500px|link=|center|]] | [[Image:NP_psammomatous_meningioma_0001.jpg|500px|link=|center|]] | ||
<center> | <center>Low magnification. [[H&E stain]].</center> | ||
{{hidden|Intermediate magnification|[[Image:NP_psammomatous_meningioma_0002.jpg|500px|link=|center|]] | {{hidden|Intermediate magnification|[[Image:NP_psammomatous_meningioma_0002.jpg|500px|link=|center|]] | ||
<center>Intermediate magnification. [[H&E stain]].</center>}} | <center>Intermediate magnification. [[H&E stain]].</center>}} | ||
{{hidden|High magnification|[[Image:NP_psammomatous_meningioma_0003 | {{hidden|High magnification|[[Image:NP_psammomatous_meningioma_0003.jpg |500px|link=|center|]] | ||
<center> | <center>Higher magnification. [[H&E stain]].</center>}} | ||
===Differential diagnosis=== | ===Differential diagnosis=== | ||
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Comment: It is said, that psammoma bodies represent a process of dystrophic calcification or as an active biologic barrier to tumor spread ultimately leading to degeneration/death of tumor cells. <ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = KEPES | first1 = J. | title = Observations on the formation of psammoma bodies and pseudopsammoma bodies in meningiomas. | journal = J Neuropathol Exp Neurol | volume = 20 | issue = | pages = 255-62 | month = Apr | year = 1961 | doi = | PMID = 13752577 }}</ref> <ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Das | first1 = DK. | title = Psammoma body: a product of dystrophic calcification or of a biologically active process that aims at limiting the growth and spread of tumor? | journal = Diagn Cytopathol | volume = 37 | issue = 7 | pages = 534-41 | month = Jul | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1002/dc.21081 | PMID = 19373908 }}</ref> | Comment: It is said, that psammoma bodies represent a process of dystrophic calcification or as an active biologic barrier to tumor spread ultimately leading to degeneration/death of tumor cells. <ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = KEPES | first1 = J. | title = Observations on the formation of psammoma bodies and pseudopsammoma bodies in meningiomas. | journal = J Neuropathol Exp Neurol | volume = 20 | issue = | pages = 255-62 | month = Apr | year = 1961 | doi = | PMID = 13752577 }}</ref> <ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Das | first1 = DK. | title = Psammoma body: a product of dystrophic calcification or of a biologically active process that aims at limiting the growth and spread of tumor? | journal = Diagn Cytopathol | volume = 37 | issue = 7 | pages = 534-41 | month = Jul | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1002/dc.21081 | PMID = 19373908 }}</ref> | ||
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