tumoral limits; tumoral border
Types
regular borders / well-defined borders
pushing borders
irregular borders
infiltrative borders
See also
tumoral patterns
architectural patterns
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Architectural patterns
Histological pattern
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borders
12 January 2019 -
leaf-like architecture
19 March 2018leaf-like pattern
Examples
uterine adenocarcinoma
mammary fibroepithelial lesions mammary fibroadenoma mammary phyllodes tumor
See also
tumoral architecture / tumoral growth pattern -
intersecting fascicles
14 November 2016Images
Kaposi sarcoma, palate - highlighting fascicular growth (intersecting fascicles ) https://twitter.com/bunn_belinda/status/796890548493815808
See also
fascicles / fascicular growth -
ramifying fibrous fascicles
30 September 2016Examples
PLEXIFORM FIBROHISTIOCYTIC TUMOUR : occasionally ramifying fibrous fascicles; aggregates of MNGCs with hemorrhage & haemosiderin https://twitter.com/histiocytosisX/status/780773880310947840 -
fibrous fascicles
30 September 2016fibrous fascicle
Examples
ramifying fibrous fascicles https://twitter.com/histiocytosisX/status/780773880310947840 -
fascicles
30 September 2016fascicle; fascicular growth
Examples
ramifying fibrous fascicles https://twitter.com/histiocytosisX/status/780773880310947840
Kaposi sarcoma, palate - highlighting fascicular growth (intersecting fascicles) https://twitter.com/bunn_belinda/status/796890548493815808
See also
architectural patterns
tumoral growth patterns -
cribriform architecture
29 September 2016cribriform lesions; cribriform pattern ; cribriform anomalies
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 (...) -
nuclear palisading
21 August 2016nuclear palissading
Definition : parallel arrangement of tumor cell nuclei like picket fencing. It differs from pseudo-palisading.
Tumors
schwannoma : Verocay bodies
leiomyomas / leiomyoma
dermatofibroma (pallisading dermatofibroma )
basal cell carcinoma
ameloblastoma
Images
Pallisading dermatofibroma, mimicking Verocay bodies of schwannoma (S100+ in schwannoma) https://twitter.com/DrLaurenStuart/status/638769772184895488
Verocay bodies of (...) -
roman bridge
20 June 2016roman bridge appearance
Images
roman bridges in situ ductal carcinoma (DCIS) https://twitter.com/solcosao/status/744191958365569024 https://twitter.com/Nikon_Zaitsev/status/677176672110649344
See also
mammary anomalies mammary epithelial anomalies
epithelial anomalies -
tumoral architecture
20 May 2004tumoral architectural patterns, tumoral architecture, tumoral pattern; tumoral architectural pattern; tumoral growth pattern;
See also : tumoral patterns
Examples
micronodular pattern in Kaposi sarcoma
https://twitter.com/bunn_belinda/status/742098640089546752
indian file pattern
https://twitter.com/solcosao/status/709243596134744065
Types
single cells
compact pattern / solid pattern
clusters
anastomosing beads
trabecular pattern (trabecular tumors )
cords / corded (...)