Palisade (pathology)

Micrograph of an ameloblastoma showing characteristic palisading. H&E stain.

In histopathology, a palisade is a single layer of relatively long cells, arranged loosely perpendicular to a surface and parallel to each other.[1] A rosette is a palisade in a halo or spoke-and-wheel arrangement, surrounding a central core or hub.[2] A pseudorosette is a perivascular radial arrangement of neoplastic cells around a small blood vessel.[2] Rosettes are characteristic of tumors.

  1. ^ "palisading". The Free Dictionary by Farlex, citing Segen's Medical Dictionary, copyrighted 2012. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
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