Term: psammoma
Literally meaning: “sand tumour”
Origin: Anc Greek
ψάμμος/psammos(= sand)
+-ωμα/-oma (suffix denoting state or condition of mass growth)
Coined/History
By German physician Rudolf Virchow(1821-1905) to describe a tumour of the meninges that contained small calcifications.
Definition
Psammoma is any tumor, especially a meningioma, containing psammoma bodies (calcified granules).
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