cribriform

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cribriform

[′krib·rə‚fȯrm]

(biology)

Perforated, like a sieve.

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Roman bridge formation and/or cribriform glandular patterns also may be present, features that can sometimes mimic HGPIN.

Precursor Lesions of Urologic Malignancies

There was also erosion through the cribriform plate.

Primary ethmoid sinus squamous cell carcinoma in a young adult man

Differential diagnosis: Includes acinic cell carcinoma, mucoepidermoid carcinoma, and low-grade cribriform cystadenocarcinoma of the salivary gland.

Mammary analogue secretory carcinoma (MASC) of the salivary gland: a new tumor entity

It extends from cribriform plate of ethmoid bone to nostrils.

Gross Anatomy of Nasal Cavity of Kenguri Sheep (Ovis aries)

Histologically, it is a basaloid tumor, consisting of ductal epithelial and myoepithelial cells in different configurations, namely, tubular, cribriform, and solid patterns, each of them usually forming a part of a composite tumor.

Recent advances in salivary gland cytopathology

Papanicolaou stained filters from all samples showed many cohesive three dimensional clusters of uniform cells with balling effects and smooth border (Figures 1a and 1b), cystic spaces, cribriform clusters, branching cylinders and solid clusters with ciliated bronchial cells in the background.

Cytologic diagnosis of adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast metastatic to the lung by bronchial cytology: a case report

On histopathology, ductal cancer can resemble high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (HGPIN), intraductal prostatic carcinoma, the hyperplastic variant of prostate cancer, cribriform Gleason Pattern 4 acinar adenocarcinoma, and metastases (including from the colon and bladder).

Prostatic ductal adenocarcinoma: an aggressive variant that is underdiagnosed and undersampled on transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided needle biopsy

In humans, it invades the central nervous sys tem via the nose, specifically through the olfactory mucosa and cribriform plate.

NAEGLERIA: PREVENTABLE BY WATER CHLORINATION

5) Histologically, ductal adenocarcinomas are composed of columnar cells arranged in either a papillary or cribriform pattern, whereas acinar adenocarcinomas exhibit cuboidal cells arranged in acini.

Ductal and acinar adenocarcinoma of prostate: morphological and immunohistochemical characterization

Microscopic examination revealed tubules with a cribriform pattern and gland like elements where few contained granular basophilic material and surrounded by hyaline stroma.

Adenoid cystic carcinoma of Bartholin's gland clinically mimics endometriosis, a case report

A cribriform pattern (otherwise known as 'honeycombing' or 'sieve-like' appearance) (Figs 2 and 3) was present, caused by dilated perivascular spaces, diffusely involving the bilateral subcortical white matter (WM), centrum semiovale, periventricular deep white matter and corpus callosum.

Cribriform pattern in brain MRI: a diagnostic clue for mucopolysaccharidoses

Organisms enter through the olfactory neuroepithelium at the level of the cribriform plate and invade the amyelinic submucosal nervous plexus13.