Pituitary gland: Difference between revisions
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===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features: | Features: | ||
*Lined by cuboidal or columnar epithelial + | *Lined by a layer of cuboidal ''or'' columnar epithelial with cilia. | ||
*+/-Squamous metaplasia. | *+/-Goblet cells.<ref>URL: [http://www.endotext.org/neuroendo/neuroendo3/neuroendo3.html http://www.endotext.org/neuroendo/neuroendo3/neuroendo3.html]. Accessed on: 27 May 2010.</ref> | ||
*+/-Squamous metaplasia ~ may be several layers thick. | |||
**May be confused with ''papillary craniopharyngioma''.<ref name=Ref_PSNP408>{{Ref PSNP|408}}</ref> | |||
Image: [http://www.endotext.org/neuroendo/neuroendo3/figures/figure11.jpg Rathke's cleft cyst (endotext.org)]. | Image: [http://www.endotext.org/neuroendo/neuroendo3/figures/figure11.jpg Rathke's cleft cyst (endotext.org)]. | ||