title: Electron microscopic studies of primary culture cells from ameloblastoma.
abstract: Primary culture cells from eight cases of ameloblastoma were obtained and observed by means of light microscopy. Cells in four cases were observed by means of electron microscopy. Cultured cells in all cases resembled epithelial cells with the cells from follicular ameloblastoma more tightly packed than those from the plexiform types. Ultrastructurally, cells from follicular ameloblastoma contained many lysosomes, whereas cells from the plexiform type contained many vacuoles.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Hsieh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shioda
mesh_terms: D000564:Ameloblastoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D002455:Cell Division; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure