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==Cystic tumour of the atrioventricular nodal region==
==Cystic tumour of the atrioventricular nodal region==
===General===
{{Main|Cystic tumour of the atrioventricular nodal region}}
*Super rare.<ref name=pmid11855098>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kaminishi | first1 = Y. | last2 = Watanabe | first2 = Y. | last3 = Nakata | first3 = H. | last4 = Shimokama | first4 = T. | last5 = Jikuya | first5 = T. | title = Cystic tumor of the atrioventricular nodal region. | journal = Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg | volume = 50 | issue = 1 | pages = 37-9 | month = Jan | year = 2002 | doi =  | PMID = 11855098 }}</ref>
*Usually 1-2 mm.
*May cause [[Sudden_natural_death|sudden cardiac death]].<ref name=pmid10722558/>
 
===Gross===
*"Bump" in the ''triangle of Koch''.
*Cystic spaces.
 
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=pmid10722558>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Paniagua | first1 = JR. | last2 = Sadaba | first2 = JR. | last3 = Davidson | first3 = LA. | last4 = Munsch | first4 = CM. | title = Cystic tumour of the atrioventricular nodal region: report of a case successfully treated with surgery. | journal = Heart | volume = 83 | issue = 4 | pages = E6 | month = Apr | year = 2000 | doi =  | PMID = 10722558 }}</ref>
*Cystic spaces lined single layer of epithelial cells.
*+/-Focal mononuclear inflammation.
*+/-[[Psammoma bodies]].
 
====Images====
<gallery>
Image:Cystic_tumour_of_the_atrioventricular_nodal_region_-_very_low_mag.jpg | CTAVNR - very low mag. (WC)
Image:Cystic_tumour_of_the_atrioventricular_nodal_region_-_high_mag.jpg | CTAVNR - high mag. (WC)
</gallery>
===IHC===
*CEA +ve.
*[[EMA]] +ve.


=See also=
=See also=
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