Psammomatous meningioma, WHO grade I
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. [1] [2]
- ↑ KEPES, J. (Apr 1961). "Observations on the formation of psammoma bodies and pseudopsammoma bodies in meningiomas.". J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 20: 255-62. PMID 13752577.
- ↑ Das, DK. (Jul 2009). "Psammoma body: a product of dystrophic calcification or of a biologically active process that aims at limiting the growth and spread of tumor?". Diagn Cytopathol 37 (7): 534-41. doi:10.1002/dc.21081. PMID 19373908.
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