Ghost cell
A ghost cell is an enlarged eosinophilic epithelial cell with eosinophilic cytoplasm but without a nucleus.
They are found in:
- Craniopharyngioma (Rathke pouch)[1]
- Odontoma[2]
- Ameloblastic fibroma[3]
- Calcifying odontogenic cyst (Gorlin cyst)[4]
- Pilomatricoma[5]
References
- ^ Rodriguez, Fausto J.; Scheithauer, Bernd W.; Tsunoda, Shigeru; Kovacs, Kalman; Vidal, Sergio; Piepgras, David G. (2007). "The Spectrum of Malignancy in Craniopharyngioma". The American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 31 (7): 1020–8. doi:10.1097/PAS.0b013e31802d8a96. PMID 17592268.
- ^ Sedano, Heddie O.; Pindborg, Jens J. (1975). "Ghost cell epithelium in odontomas". Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine. 4 (1): 27–30. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0714.1975.tb01737.x. PMID 807691.
- ^ Yoon, Jung Hoon; Jun Kim, Hyung; In Yook, Jong; Cha, In Ho; Ellis, Gary L; Kim, Jin (2004). "Hybrid odontogenic tumor of calcifying odontogenic cyst and ameloblastic fibroma". Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontology. 98 (1): 80–4. doi:10.1016/j.tripleo.2004.01.003. PMID 15243475.
- ^ Siar, CH; Kawakami, T; Buery, RR; Nakano, K; Tomida, M; Tsujigiwa, H; Han, PP; Nagatsuka, H; Ng, HK (2011). "Notch signaling and ghost cell fate in the calcifying cystig odontogenic tumor". European Journal of Medical Research. 16 (11): 501–6. doi:10.1186/2047-783X-16-11-501. PMC 3351808. PMID 22027644.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ Barbhuiya, JN; Datta, PK; Basak, P; Banerjee, PP (1996). "Pilomatrixoma". Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology. 62 (5): 318–9. PMID 20948103.
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