BENIGN GIANT-CELL SYNOVIOMA AND ITS RELATION TO "XANTHOMA"
1948; British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery; Volume: 30-B; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1302/0301-620x.30b3.522
ISSN2044-5377
Autores Tópico(s)Tendon Structure and Treatment
ResumoBenign giant-cell synovioma, the most frequent example of which is the well-known myeloid tumour of tendon sheaths, is used as a text for the discussion of the true significance of the so-called "xanthoma" cell. These cells are the result of the phagocytosis of cholesterol esters and are of varied histogenesis. Some are undoubtedly of neoplastic origin; most of them are not, being usually histiocytic, fibrocytic, serosal or endothelial. There is no such thing as a specific xanthoma cell. The term "xanthosis" might well be used to designate this process of infiltration of tissue with cholesterol fat, and the prefix "xantho-" or the adjective "xanthic" in tumour terminology, as for example in "fibro-xantho-sarcoma," "xanthic neurofibroma," and so on.
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