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tumoral architecture
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tumoral architectural patterns, tumoral architecture, tumoral pattern; tumoral architectural pattern; tumoral growth pattern;
See also : tumoral patterns
Examples
micronodular pattern in Kaposi sarcoma
indian file pattern
Types
single cells
compact pattern / solid pattern
- clusters
- anastomosing beads
trabecular pattern (trabecular tumors )
- cords / corded pattern
- indian file pattern
tufted pattern
papillary pattern (papillary tumors )
tubular pattern (tubular tumors )
tubulopapillary pattern (tubulopapillary tumors )
leaf-like pattern / leaf-like architecture /
diffuse pattern (compact pattern or solid pattern )
scleronodular pattern (scleronodular tumors )
herringbone pattern
staghorn pattern
plexiform pattern (plexiform tumors )
hemangiopericytic pattern
angular pattern
lobular pattern (lobular tumors )
alveolar pattern (alveolar tumors )
glandular pattern (glandular tumors )
- acinar pattern (acinar tumors )
- adenomatous pattern (adenomatous tumors )
microcystic pattern
micronodular pattern
dual composition (biphasic tumors)
circular or oval formations
microacini
cribriform pattern / microcribriform pattern
glomerular pattern
targetoid whirls
rosettes
cylindromatous differentiation
insular architecture / insular pattern
palisaded architecture / palisaded pattern
sheet-like architecture
intercellular background
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myxoid tumors
- myxoid and lobular tumors
Tumoral formations
whorl formations
circular formations
oval formations
tumoral clefts
tumoral laceworks
tumoral bone formation
tumoral calcifications
Areas
spindle cell areas (spindle cell tumors)
myxoid areas (myxoid tumors)
- myxoid and lobular tumors
Appearance of cellular sheets
sheets of small round cells
sheets of small cells with eccentric nuclei
sheets of large round cells
sheets of large cells with eccentric nuclei and abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm (myoid cells)
sheets of spindle cells
sheets of strap cells
sheets of stellate cells
Tumoral architectural patterns (examples)
papillary pattern
- papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC )
- papillary renal cell carcinoma (PRCC )
tubular pattern
- tubulous adenoma
- adenocarcinomas
trabecular pattern
- endocrine carcinomas
- carcinoid tumors
- paragangliomas (pheochromocytoma )
solid pattern or compact pattern
scleronodular pattern
- scleronodular Hodgkin lymphoma
herringbone pattern
- fibrosarcomas
- synovialosarcoma
hemangiopericytomatous pattern
- infantile myofibromatosis
- solitary fibrous tumor (SFT )
See also
tumoral patterns
growth patterns
microarchitecture
tissular architecture
References
Potter JD. Morphogens, morphostats, microarchitecture and malignancy. Nat Rev Cancer. 2007 Jun;7(6):464-74. PMID: 17522715
Books
Tumors: An atlas of differential diagnosis, by Cyril Toker. University Park Press, Baltimore, 1983. ISBN: 0839118120
