Solid cell nests
Solid cell nests, often abbreviated as SCN, also known as solid cell rests, are specific groups of cells found in the thyroid gland of babies.[1] Typically they are a fraction of a millimeter in size but can rarely become larger.[1] They are considered to be the remains of the ultimobranchial body that exists in early development.[1]
Discovery
[edit]Solid cell nests were discovered in 1907 by pathologist Sophia Getzowa, as documented in her paper titled "Über die Glandula parathyreoidea, intrathyreoideale Zellhaufen derselben und Reste des postbranchialen Körpers".[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Rosai, Juan (2011). Rosai and Ackerman's Surgical Pathology E-Book. Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 489. ISBN 978-0323088046.
- ^ Getzowa, Sophia (May 1907). "Über die Glandula parathyreodeaa, intrathyreoideale Zellhaufen derselben und Reste des postbranchialen Körpers". Virchows Archiv für Pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für Klinische Medizin (in German). 188 (2): 181–235. doi:10.1007/BF01945893. ISSN 0945-6317. S2CID 6143262.