Schiller–Duval body is a cellular structure seen by microscope in endodermal sinus tumors (yolk sac tumors) which are the most common testicular cancer in children. Schiller-Duval bodies are present in approximately 50% of these tumors, and if found are pathognomonic.[1] They are named for Mathias-Marie Duval and Walter Schiller[2] who described them in the late nineteenth century.[3]

Biopsy specimen of yolk sac tumor with Schiller-Duval body, H&E stain

Schiller–Duval bodies are said to resemble a glomerulus.[4] They have a mesodermal core with a central capillary, all lined by flattened layers of both visceral and parietal cells. Immunofluorescent stain may show eosinophilic hyalin-like globules both inside and outside the cytoplasm that contain AFP and alpha 1-antitrypsin.

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  1. ^ Kumar, Abbas, Fausto. Pathologic Basis of Disease, 7th edition. Philadelphia; Elsevier-Saunders, 2005. 1042.
  2. ^ "Schiller–Duval bodies" at whonamedit.com
  3. ^ Duval M. Le placenta des rongeurs. Journal de l'anatomie et de la physiologie normales et pathologiques de l'homme et des animaux, Paris, 1891, 27: 24–73, 344–395, 513–612.
  4. ^ Kumar, Abbas, Fausto. Pathologic Basis of Disease, 7th edition. Philadelphia; Elsevier-Saunders, 2005. 1101.
  5. ^ Fischerova D, Indrielle-Kelly T, Burgetova A, Bennett RJ, Gregova M, Dundr P; et al. (2022). "Yolk Sac Tumor of the Omentum: A Case Report and Literature Review". Diagnostics. 12 (2): 304. doi:10.3390/diagnostics12020304. PMC 8871053. PMID 35204394.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)   This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.