Ultrastructure of stromal calcification in mucoepidermoid carcinoma

A case of mucoepidermoid carcinoma with calcified bodies in the stroma which appeared in a 24-year-old woman was studied ultrastructurally and electron-microanalytically. In this neoplasm, two types of abnormal epithelial secretions-flowing out type and basal secretion type-were observed. Calcified...

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Published inJapanese Journal of Oral Biology Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 217 - 222
Main Authors Kawakami, Toshiyuki, Nakamura, Chihito, Hasegawa, Hiromasa, Eda, Shigeo, Komatsu, Masataka, Furusawa, Kiyofumi, Akahane, Shoji
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Japanese
Published Japanese Association for Oral Biology 1986
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abnormal epithelial secretion
mucoepidermoid carcinoma
stromal calcification
ultrastructure
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Summary:A case of mucoepidermoid carcinoma with calcified bodies in the stroma which appeared in a 24-year-old woman was studied ultrastructurally and electron-microanalytically. In this neoplasm, two types of abnormal epithelial secretions-flowing out type and basal secretion type-were observed. Calcified round bodies were noticed in the stromal tissues of this neoplasm. We discussed the relationship between the abnormal epithelial secretion into the stromal tissues and this calcification.
ISSN:0385-0137
DOI:10.2330/joralbiosci1965.28.217