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papillary structures

Friday 25 September 2020

papilla ; papillae

Variants

- thin papillae / villous papillae

- large papillae / polypoid papillae

  • large cores
  • abundant stroma

Structure

- lining epithelium
- core

  • abundant stroma
  • thin fibrovascular cores

Tumoral examples
- ovarian serous cystadenoma or cystadenocarcinoma
- papillary carcinomas

  • thyroid papillary carcinomas
  • renal papillary carcinomas
  • mammary papillary carcinomas

- papillary mesothelioma

See also

- villi
- villous structures