title: [An histologic and histochemical study of arteries in the stroma of oral squamous cell carcinoma].
abstract: A microscopical study of 175 oral squamous cell carcinomas demonstrated that 12% of the tumors showed small arteries in their stroma. The arteries occurred most frequently around the infiltrative border of the tumors. Focal intimal thickening was a common feature, while duplication of the internal elastic lamina or obliteration of the lumen appeared more rarely. The intimal thickenings consisted mainly of glycosaminoglycans, a fact supporting the hypothesis that they represented early atherosclerotic lesions. On the contrary, the duplication of the elastic lamina could be attributed to age-related changes. The complete closure of the lumen was brought about by a tissue rich in sulphated glycosaminoglycans; the uncertain pathogenetic mechanisms of endarteritis obliterans probably accounted for the development of this tissue.
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Triantafyllou
mesh_terms: D001158:Arteries; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000150:complications; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000032:analysis / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000150:complications; D004692:Endarteritis / Q000150:complications; D006025:Glycosaminoglycans / Q000032:analysis; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000032:analysis / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D006025:Glycosaminoglycans
vernacular_title: Istologike kai istochemike melete ton arterion tou syndetikou ypostromatos sto endostomatiko akanthokyttariko karkinoma.