Ductiform
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Having the form of a duct not-comparable
"Microscopic review of the 24 PA analyzed cases showed they were composed by different structures in variable quantities: sheets and groups of epithelial polygonal cells, ductiform structures, squamous metaplastic cells, keratin pearls; MMyECs were fusiform, hyaline and clear, combined with variable quantities of hyaline, mucoid, myxoid and chondroid areas accompanied by eosinophilic coagula within the ducts ( Figure 1 )."
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More examples"Microscopic review of the 24 PA analyzed cases showed they were composed by different structures in variable quantities: sheets and groups of epithelial polygonal cells, ductiform structures, squamous metaplastic cells, keratin pearls; MMyECs were fusiform, hyaline and clear, combined with variable quantities of hyaline, mucoid, myxoid and chondroid areas accompanied by eosinophilic coagula within the ducts ( Figure 1 )."
Etymology
From duct + -iform.
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