Medicine:Homer Wright rosette

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Homer Wright rosettes are a type of rosette in which differentiated tumor cells surround the neuropil.[1] Examples of tumors containing these are neuroblastoma, medulloblastoma, pinealoblastoma, and primitive neuroectodermal tumors of bone. Homer Wright rosettes are considered "pseudo" in the sense that they are not true rosettes. True rosettes are Flexner–Wintersteiner rosette, which contain an empty lumen. Homer Wright rosettes contain abundant fibrillary material. They are named for James Homer Wright.

References

  1. Wippold II, Franz J.; Perry, A. (March 2006). "Neuropathology for the Neuroradiologist: Rosettes and Pseudorosettes". American Journal of Neuroradiology 27 (3): 488–492. PMID 16551982. http://www.ajnr.org/content/27/3/488.full. Retrieved 26 August 2015.