Dept. of Dermatology - University of Iowa College of Medicine

M. S. Stone and T. L. Ray

Antoni Type A tissue or Verocay Body

A characteristic arrangement of Schwann cells whose nuclei form palisading parallel rows that enclose a homogeneous material that is devoid of nuclei, and has scant or no collagen.
Example of a Verocay body (Antoni type A tissue) in Neurilemmoma.

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September, 1995

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