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*Signet ring cell carcinoma are notoriously easy to miss in a small biopsy. | *Signet ring cell carcinoma are notoriously easy to miss in a small biopsy. | ||
**It has been said that there are two types of pathologists... those that have missed SRCCs ''and'' those that will miss SRCCs. | **It has been said that there are two types of pathologists... those that have missed SRCCs ''and'' those that will miss SRCCs. | ||
*The name comes from the shape of cells. They look like signet rings that are lying flat on the ground and one is looking from above. | *The name comes from the shape of cells. They look like signet rings that are lying flat on the ground and one is looking from above - see microscopic section. | ||
===Differential diagnosis=== | ===Differential diagnosis=== | ||
It may arise from the:<ref>URL: [http://cancerhelp.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancer-questions/what-is-a-signet-cell-cancer http://cancerhelp.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancer-questions/what-is-a-signet-cell-cancer]. Accessed on: 7 March 2012.</ref> | It may arise from the:<ref>URL: [http://cancerhelp.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancer-questions/what-is-a-signet-cell-cancer http://cancerhelp.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancer-questions/what-is-a-signet-cell-cancer]. Accessed on: 7 March 2012.</ref> | ||
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===Images=== | ===Images=== | ||
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Image:Medieval Signet Ring (FindID 226489).jpg|A medieval signet ring. On the left it is lying flat and looks similar to a so called signet ring cell. (WC/Staves) | |||
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*[http://www.engravingarts.com/sales/LVX2.jpg Signet rings (engravingarts.com)]. | *[http://www.engravingarts.com/sales/LVX2.jpg Signet rings (engravingarts.com)]. |
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