Diagnostic significance of mean numbers of nucleolar organizer regions in benign and malignant transitional tumours of nose.
On the basis of a silver colloid technique to identify nucleolar organizer region-associated protein (AgNOR) counts, transitional papillomas of the nose showing malignant change could easily be distinguished from their benign counterparts and both could be distinguished from invasive carcinomas.
Egan
M
M
Histopathology Department, Wolverhampton Royal Infirmary, UK.
Ramsden
K
K
Crocker
J
J
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009697:Nucleolus Organizer Region / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D010212:Papilloma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000648:ultrastructure