General
and Systemic Histopathology, C601&C602
Slide 159: Teratoma of ovary
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This tissue just looks
like little nondescript strips of tissue, but if you look far enough you
may actually find a bit of ovarian tissue to help you get oriented. But,
on the other hand, maybe there's not any on your slide. If that's the case,
you'll just have to believe me that ovary is the origin. What you
will see are a great number of different tissue types lining the cyst and
within the cyst wall. I realize it may be a bit bewildering, but these
are fairly common benign tumors.
See this slide with the
virtual microscope. |
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This is a rather peculiar,
yet common and almost always benign tumor of the ovary. It often has several
"germ lines" present, giving a hodge-podge appearance of "mature" tissue
types. This picture is from an area with pretty representative benign colonic
mucosa and bowel wall. You will likely find other tissue types in your
slide. Be sure you cruise your slide and are able to identify the ovarian
tissue from which this lesion arose. |
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