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psammomatous

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psammomatous /psam·mo·ma·tous/ (-tus) characterized by the presence of or containing psammoma bodies.
psammomatous
pertaining to a psammoma.

psammomatous meningioma
a meningioma in which psammoma bodies occur.


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Low-grade sinonasal adenocarcinomas are grossly papillary or cauliflower-like in appearance, and they are usually soft (although they can be gritty when significant psammomatous calcifications are present).
8-12) Well-differentiated papillary mesothelioma (WDPM) may assume a combination of tubular and papillary forms loosely associated with the peritoneal surface, and both may have psammomatous inclusions.
Ossifying fibroma of the jaw is a benign, fibro-osseous lesion that is part of a larger family of fibro-osseous lesions that includes juvenile active ossifying fibroma, psammomatous ossifying fibroma, and extragnathic ossifying fibroma of the skull.
 
 
 
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