Urothelial Rests, Incidental Finding in a Patient with Acute Appendicitis: A Case Report and Literature Review

Chang, Eric; Park, Kelley; Essaak, Mary-Ann; Veenstra, Michelle; Shehata, Bahig M.

doi:10.1080/15513815.2021.1949080

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“…Simply because of the frequency of Walthard nests in its various noncystic and cystic guises, the commonest metaplasia of the mesothelium is to form a cell of transitional type 1. Strangely, however, this appears limited to a very large extent to the mesothelium overlying the fallopian tube because our review of the literature has disclosed minimal mention of transitional metaplasia outside the confines of the female genital tract 2–4. Even the very common process, squamous metaplasia, ubiquitous, for example, in the endocervix, is exceptionally rare in the peritoneum with only sporadic case reports and small series 5–10.…”

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Cystic Walthard Nests of the Peritoneal Diaphragm: A Report of 3 Cases of a Common Process at an Unusual Site and Occurring in Patients With Endometriosis

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Wilkinson

Barton-Smith

et al. 2022

International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

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Nests of cells resembling urothelium, eponymously named “Walthard nests,” are well-known incidental findings over the fallopian tube and occasionally undergo cystification resulting in clinical detection and surgical removal. Only rarely is this process noted outside the pelvic peritoneum. Herein we describe cystic Walthard nests occurring in the diaphragmatic peritoneum of three patients (aged 25, 36, and 39 yr) undergoing surgical evaluation for presumed endometriosis. In each case, small pearly white nodules on the diaphragmatic peritoneum were noted and biopsied. Microscopic examination revealed cystic spaces filled with pale eosinophilic secretion. The cysts were lined mostly by stratified transitional cells with pale eosinophilic to focally clear cytoplasm. Umbrella cells were focally present in all cases, and 1 showed focal glandular differentiation resembling cystitis glandularis. In areas, the epithelial cells became flattened and attenuated and nuclei were bland. By immunohistochemistry, all were positive for GATA3, cytokeratin 7, and BEREP4 and negative for cytokeratin 20, estrogen receptor, and WT-1. Walthard nests can rarely occur outside the pelvic peritoneum where they may be noted incidentally during surgery for other indications. This should be readily distinguished pathologically from other peritoneal lesions but lack of significant prior comment of them occurring on the diaphragm may result in diagnostic difficulty.

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confidence: 89%