cribriform architecture

Definition : Epithelial arrangement with round or oval cavities. Not slit-like cavities or irregular cavities.

Background cells tend to be uniform with monomorphic round cell population with punched-out appearance.

Images

 cribriform glands with necrosis in prostate. Gleasons pattern 5

• https://twitter.com/subteraneandoc/status/781987547664625664

 cutaneous cribriform apocrine carcinoma

• https://twitter.com/Annpathol/status/1356478246804725760

 adenoid cystic carcinoma

• https://twitter.com/Patholwalker/status/1536637572268535808

Examples

 mammary cribriform anomalies / cribriform lesions of the breast
 prostatic cribriform anomalies
 salivary gland cribriform anomalies
 mammary carcinomas
 prostatic carcinomas
 endometrial carcinomas
 colorectal carcinomas
 sinonasal carcinomas

 cribriform tumors

• cribriform carcinoma
  • cutaneous cribriform apocrine carcinoma
    • https://twitter.com/Annpathol/status/1356478246804725760

See also

 tumoral architecture
 tumoral patterns