Well-differentiated adenocarcinoma of the rectosigmoid colon associated with psammoma bodies: a case report.
This report documents an unusualfinding of scattered psammomatous-type calcification in a well-differentiated adenocarcinoma of the rectosigmoid colon in a 54-year-old woman. The clinical relevance of this histologic feature is discussed, in light of review of the literature.
Chaturvedi
Anshuman
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Department of Pathology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai.
Jambhekar
Nirmala
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002479:Inclusion Bodies / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*