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What Are Papillae?

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Posted on Thu, 5 Jul 2012
Question: Wot are papillae
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Answered by Dr. Gyanshankar Mishra (7 hours later)
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After going through your query, I would like to comment the following:

1. Papilae are various cellular tissue projection found in the various organs of the body. If you could let me know the organ then I can detail about the papillae of that organ.

2. Commonly cancers arising from these structures are referred to as papillary carcinoma/ malignancies.

3. Various organs like tongue, teeth, thyroid, skin ,kidney ,etc. show their presence.

I hope I have answered your query. I will be glad to answer follow up queries if any.
Please accept my answer if you have no follow up queries.

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Dr. Gyanshankar Mishra
MBBS MD DNB
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What Are Papillae?

Hi,

Thanks for posting the query on XXXXXXX

After going through your query, I would like to comment the following:

1. Papilae are various cellular tissue projection found in the various organs of the body. If you could let me know the organ then I can detail about the papillae of that organ.

2. Commonly cancers arising from these structures are referred to as papillary carcinoma/ malignancies.

3. Various organs like tongue, teeth, thyroid, skin ,kidney ,etc. show their presence.

I hope I have answered your query. I will be glad to answer follow up queries if any.
Please accept my answer if you have no follow up queries.

Regards

Dr. Gyanshankar Mishra
MBBS MD DNB