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*[[Endosalpingiosis]]. | *[[Endosalpingiosis]]. | ||
*Intrauterine device (IUD).<ref name=pmid12278909>{{Cite journal | last1 = Boon | first1 = ME. | last2 = Kirk | first2 = RS. | last3 = De Graaff Guilloud | first3 = JC. | title = Psammoma bodies and some opportunistic infections detected in cervical smears of women fitted with an IUD. | journal = Contracept Deliv Syst | volume = 2 | issue = 3 | pages = 231-6 | month = Jul | year = 1981 | doi = | PMID = 12278909 }}</ref> | *Intrauterine device (IUD).<ref name=pmid12278909>{{Cite journal | last1 = Boon | first1 = ME. | last2 = Kirk | first2 = RS. | last3 = De Graaff Guilloud | first3 = JC. | title = Psammoma bodies and some opportunistic infections detected in cervical smears of women fitted with an IUD. | journal = Contracept Deliv Syst | volume = 2 | issue = 3 | pages = 231-6 | month = Jul | year = 1981 | doi = | PMID = 12278909 }}</ref> | ||
*[[Endometrial polyp]].<ref name=pmid11854631>{{cite journal |author=Fausett MB, Zahn CM, Kendall BS, Barth WH |title=The significance of psammoma bodies that are found incidentally during endometrial biopsy |journal=Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. |volume=186 |issue=2 |pages=180–3 |year=2002 |month=February |pmid=11854631 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 11:52, 18 June 2014
Psammoma bodies appear in benign and malignant conditions. Their presence can help focus the DDx.[1]
Conditions with psammoma bodies
The following is an incomplete list.
Benign
- Endosalpingiosis.
- Intrauterine device (IUD).[2]
- Endometrial polyp.[3]
Malignant
- Papillary thyroid carcinoma.
- Serous carcinoma.
- Somatostatinoma, duodenal.[4]
- Papillary renal cell carcinoma.
- Meningioma.
- Mesothelioma.
Memory device PSaMMoma: Papillary (thyroid, renal), Serous (ovary), Meningioma, Mesothelioma.[5]
References
- ↑ Parwani, AV.; Chan, TY.; Ali, SZ. (Apr 2004). "Significance of psammoma bodies in serous cavity fluid: a cytopathologic analysis.". Cancer 102 (2): 87-91. doi:10.1002/cncr.20161. PMID 15098252.
- ↑ Boon, ME.; Kirk, RS.; De Graaff Guilloud, JC. (Jul 1981). "Psammoma bodies and some opportunistic infections detected in cervical smears of women fitted with an IUD.". Contracept Deliv Syst 2 (3): 231-6. PMID 12278909.
- ↑ Fausett MB, Zahn CM, Kendall BS, Barth WH (February 2002). "The significance of psammoma bodies that are found incidentally during endometrial biopsy". Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 186 (2): 180–3. PMID 11854631.
- ↑ Kim, JA.; Choi, WH.; Kim, CN.; Moon, YS.; Chang, SH.; Lee, HR. (Mar 2011). "Duodenal somatostatinoma: a case report and review.". Korean J Intern Med 26 (1): 103-7. doi:10.3904/kjim.2011.26.1.103. PMID 21437171.
- ↑ URL: http://ome.umaryland.edu/AcademicD/practiceExams/path/path_findings.html. Accessed on: 15 January 2012.