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  2. Paraganglioma - Wikipedia

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    A paraganglioma is a rare neuroendocrine neoplasm that may develop at various body sites (including the head, neck, thorax and abdomen). When the same type of tumor is found in the adrenal gland, they are referred to as a pheochromocytoma.

  3. Paraganglion - Wikipedia

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    A paraganglion (pl. paraganglia) is a group of non-neuronal cells derived of the neural crest. They are named for being generally in close proximity to sympathetic ganglia . They are essentially of two types: (1) chromaffin or sympathetic paraganglia made of chromaffin cells and (2) nonchromaffin or parasympathetic paraganglia made of glomus ...

  4. Gangliocytic paraganglioma - Wikipedia

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    GP consist of three components (1) ganglion cells, (2) epithelioid cells (neuroendocrine-like), and (3) spindle cells (schwannoma-like). The microscopic differential diagnosis includes poorly differentiated carcinoma, neuroendocrine tumour and paraganglioma. [1] GPs may be sporadic or arise in the context neurofibromatosis type 1.

  5. Pheochromocytoma - Wikipedia

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    Pheochromocytoma is a rare tumor of the adrenal medulla composed of chromaffin cells and is part of the paraganglioma (PGL) family of tumors, being defined as an intra-adrenal PGL .

  6. Chromogranin-A - Wikipedia

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    Examples of cells producing chromogranin-A (CgA) are chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla, paraganglia, enterochromaffin-like cells and beta cells of the pancreas. It is present in islet beta cell secretory granules. chromogranin-A (CgA)+ Pulmonary neuroendocrine cells account for 0.41% of all epithelial cells in the conducting airway, but are absent from the alveoli.

  7. Sustentacular cell - Wikipedia

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    A sustentacular cell is a type of cell primarily associated with structural support, they can be found in various tissues. [ 1 ] Sustentacular cells of the olfactory epithelium (also called supporting cells or Sertoli cells ) have been shown to be involved in the phagocytosis of dead neurons, [ 2 ] odorant transformation [ 3 ] and xenobiotic ...

  8. Ganglion cell - Wikipedia

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    Retinal ganglion cell (RGC) found in the ganglion cell layer of the retina [1] Cells that reside in the adrenal medulla, where they are involved in the sympathetic nervous system's release of epinephrine and norepinephrine into the blood stream; Cells of the sympathetic ganglia; Cells of the parasympathetic ganglia; Cells of the spiral ganglia [2]

  9. Giant cell - Wikipedia

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    A giant cell (also known as a multinucleated giant cell, or multinucleate giant cell) is a mass formed by the union of several distinct cells (usually histiocytes), often forming a granuloma. [ 1 ] Although there is typically a focus on the pathological aspects of multinucleate giant cells (MGCs), they also play many important physiological roles.