online medical dictionary | definition of Antoni

<person>

A Swedish neurologist, 1887-1968.

See: Antoni type A neurilemoma, Antoni type B neurilemoma.

(05 Mar 2000)

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Preferred term: Beguez Cesar, Antonio

<person>

Preferred term: Pacchioni, Antonio

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Preferred term: Placido da Costa, Antonio

<person>

Preferred term: Riga, Antonio

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Preferred term: Scarpa, Antonio

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Preferred term: Tapia, Antonio

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Preferred term: Valsalva, Antonio

<tumour>

Relatively solid or compact arrangement of neoplastic tissue that consists of Schwann cells arranged in twisting bundles and associated with delicate reticulin fibres; the nuclei of the Schwann cells are frequently grouped in parallel rows (so-called palisades), and the nuclei and fibres sometimes form exaggerated tactile corpuscles, called Verocay bodies.

(05 Mar 2000)

<tumour>

Relatively soft or loose arrangement of neoplastic tissue that consists of Schwann cells in a haphazard or nondescript type of arrangement among reticulin fibres and tiny cystlike foci; fat-laden macrophages may be observed in some of the larger neoplasms.

(05 Mar 2000)