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*[[AKA]] ''Walthard cell '''n'''est''. | *[[AKA]] ''Walthard cell '''n'''est''. | ||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features: | Features:<ref name=Ref_GP332>{{Ref_GP|332}}</ref> | ||
*Collection of eosinophilic (i.e. pink) cuboidal cells, | *Collection of eosinophilic (i.e. pink) cuboidal cells; usually solid, may be cystic. | ||
* | *Elliptical nucleus with single groove along major axis; "coffee bean" nucleus -- '''key feature'''. | ||
Location: | |||
*Usually in soft tissue of the uterine tube. | |||
Images: | |||
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walthard_cell_rest_-_very_high_mag.jpg Coffee bean nucleus (WC)]. | |||
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walthard_cell_rest_-_very_low_mag.jpg WCR (WC)]. | |||
===Epidemiology=== | ===Epidemiology=== | ||
*Thought to be related to [[Brenner tumour]]. (???) | *Thought to be related to [[Brenner tumour]]. (???) | ||