Parakeratosis is a word pathologists use to describe a change in the surface layer of squamous epithelium, which is the tissue that lines many parts of the body including the skin, mouth, throat, esophagus, cervix, and anal canal. In healthy tissue, the squamous cells at the surface mature and lose their nuclei (the part of …
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Lynch syndrome is an inherited condition that significantly increases the risk of developing several types of cancer, most commonly colorectal (colon and rectal) cancer and endometrial (uterine) cancer. It is caused by an inherited change in one of the genes responsible for making mismatch repair (MMR) proteins — a group of proteins that normally find …
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Hypertrophy is a non-cancerous condition characterized by an increase in the size of individual cells, resulting in an overall enlargement of the affected tissue or organ. It differs from hyperplasia, which involves increasing the number of cells rather than their size. The term hypertrophic is also used to describe tissues that have undergone hypertrophy. What …
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What is a granular cell tumour? Granular cell tumour is a non-cancerous type of tumour made up of large pink granular cells. The tumour is believed to originate from cells normally found in neural tissue such as a nerve. Granular cell tumours can develop anywhere in the body although they are most commonly found inside …
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Chronic rhinosinusitis is a common medical condition caused by long-lasting inflammation of the nasal cavity and the paranasal sinuses, the air-filled spaces in the bones around the nose. It is defined by symptoms that last at least 12 weeks, and it typically affects adults. The term “rhinosinusitis” describes inflammation involving both the nasal cavity and …
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A sinonasal inflammatory polyp is a common, noncancerous (benign) growth that develops in the nasal cavity or paranasal sinuses, the air-filled spaces in the bones around the nose. It is not a cancer, and it is not a precancerous condition. A polyp is simply a piece of tissue that protrudes from a surface, and in …
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Uterine leiomyosarcoma is a cancer that starts in the smooth muscle cells of the uterus. These cells make up the uterus’s muscular wall, called the myometrium, and they are the same cells that form a leiomyoma, or fibroid. A sarcoma is a cancer arising from muscle or connective tissue rather than from the lining cells …
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What does superficially invasive mean? Superficially invasive is a term pathologists use to describe cancer that has only spread a small distance into the non-cancerous surrounding tissue. The term ‘superficially invasive’ may be used to describe many different types of cancers. The actual distance that the tumour cells may spread into the normal tissue in …
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The lamina propria is a thin layer of soft tissue that sits just beneath the surface layer of many organs, including the digestive tract, respiratory tract, and urinary tract. This layer plays a crucial role in supporting the surface lining and maintaining the body’s health. What does the lamina propria do? The lamina propria has …
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