Ghost cell
Endometrial adenocarcinoma
with necrotic ghost cells of keratinocytes at right in image, leaving pink keratin and clear spaces at the prior locations of the nuclei.A ghost cell is an enlarged
epithelial cell with eosinophilic cytoplasm
but without a nucleus.
The ghost cells indicate peripheral blood smear preparations, the RBCs are lysed and appear as ghost cells.
They are found in:
- Craniopharyngioma (Rathke pouch)[1]
- Odontoma[2]
- Ameloblastic fibroma[3]
- Calcifying odontogenic cyst (Gorlin cyst)[4]
- Pilomatricoma[5]
References
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