Scanning electron microscopy of myeloma cells.
The surface structure of myeloma cells was examined by scanning electron microscopy. The cells were collected from the pleural effusion of a multiple myeloma patient and purified by Conray-Ficoll gradient sedimentation. The cell size ranged from 8 mu to 12 mu in diameter and the microvilli were from 0.8 mu to 1.2 mu in length. The surfaces of the majority of the observed myeloma cells were more villous than lymphocytes.
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000473:pathology*