Recent data and significance of intracisternal tubular inclusions in human and animal cells.
In 24 out of 60 patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) the cells were shown to contain a tubulo-reticular network in the dilated cisternae of the ergastoplasm which corresponds to the entity described previously as "intracisternal-tubular inclusion" (ITI). The significance of such inclusions is discussed in different pathological conditions and the literature is reviewed. This is the first report of such inclusions in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
D000818:Animals; D004727:Endothelium / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004848:Epithelium / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D002479:Inclusion Bodies / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000648:ultrastructure*