Shadow cells in an intracranial dermoid cyst.
A case of an intracranial dermoid cyst containing shadow cells is presented. This case expands the group of lesions in which shadow cells, indicative of hair matrical differentiation, have been described.
Hitchcock
M G
MG
Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
Ellington
K S
KS
Friedman
A H
AH
Provenzaie
J M
JM
McLendon
R E
RE
D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed