A morphometric study of cystadenolymphoma (Warthin's tumor).
This work is concerned with a morphometric analysis of cystadenolymphoma (CAL, Warthin's tumor), a growth generally found in the parotid gland. CAL is composed of various amounts of epithelium-lined cysts and of lymphoid stroma. Our results support the notion that the epithelium is the proliferating component in CAL. They also challenge the idea that CAL is a tumor, because its growth is slow and self-limiting, and occurs in a restricted space.
D000235:Adenolymphoma / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002584:Cervix Uteri; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008433:Mathematics; D008875:Middle Aged; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology