Tissues that don't form neoplasms

[Apoplexy__]

Just read in Robbins pg. 1353: "Neoplasms of the lens have not been described".

This seems like one of those cool medical trivia facts that are interesting even to the non-medical public, assuming the lens is one of a kind this way. Are there any other tissues that have never been found to produce neoplasms?

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[HatWobble]

 

[JP2740]

the skin

 

[SurgeDO]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8073226

 

[GangaMaster]

mitochondria

 

[Apoplexy__]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8073226

Awesome, great find.

 

[PB n J]

Who do you trust, Robbin's or S. Veromann?