Thursday, November 29, 2018

Psammoma Body

Psammoma body :

1)Psammoma bodies are round microscopic calcific collections.

2)A single necrotic cell act as a nidus and calcium deposits around it in laminated and concentric fashion.Psammoma body is an example for dystrophic calcification (Ca2+ deposition in abnormal tissues secondary to injury/necrosis in context of Normal calcium levels).

3)It is used in histopathology for diagnosis of certain tumours like:

Mnemonic : Remember it as SPAMmoma

          S- Serous cystadenocarcinoma of ovary

              Somatostatinoma


        PA-Papillary thyroid carcinoma

              Papillary renal cell carcinoma


       M- Mesothelioma

             Meningioma.


-Srikar Sama

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