Ultrastructural morphology of secretory granules in pleomorphic adenoma of human parotid and submandibular salivary glands.
Secretory granules were found in some of the cells lining the lumina of typical epithelial structures in pleomorphic adenomas. They were small, of varied electron density, and were mostly unipartite, sometimes bipartite and occasionally tripartite. They most closely resembled secretory granules of intercalary ductal cells of normal salivary glands.
Harrison
J D
JD
Department of Oral Pathology, Rayne Institute, King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, England.
Auger
D W
DW
D008949:Adenoma, Pleomorphic / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D003594:Cytoplasmic Granules / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013365:Submandibular Gland Neoplasms / Q000648:ultrastructure*