Tumours that show psammoma bodies
PSaMMoma
Helps identify the tumour from a histology image showing laminated calcified bodies.
Psammoma bodies can occasionally appear in other lesions, so it is a pointer and not proof.
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PSaMMoma. It helps you recall: Tumours that show psammoma bodies.
Papillary thyroid carcinoma
Serous cystadenocarcinoma of ovary
Meningioma
P: Papillary thyroid carcinoma; Sa: Serous cystadenocarcinoma of ovary; M: Meningioma; Mo: Mesothelioma.
It belongs to Neoplasia in Pathology.
Psammoma bodies can occasionally appear in other lesions, so it is a pointer and not proof.
Helps identify the tumour from a histology image showing laminated calcified bodies.
Say it aloud, write it from memory tomorrow, then again in a week. Then test yourself on a Pathology question about Neoplasia.
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