title: Estimation of the volumes of multinucleate giant cells.
abstract: An estimation of the volumes of three multinucleate giant cells has been attempted by measurements of the areas of enlarged tracings of serial paraffin sections which was estimated at approximately 5 mum in scanning electron-micrographs. In addition, three-dimensional models of these tracings constructed in wax were used to estimate the volumes of the same cells by means of Archimedes' Principle. The results indicate a close correlation between the estimates derived from the two procedures and suggest that the three cells measured have a volume of the order of magnitude of 50,000 to 100,000 mum(3).
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006101:Granuloma, Giant Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008954:Models, Biological