title: Reticular fibers in the stroma of the thymus.
abstract: There were investigated thymic biopsies taken from 14 children deceased of intercurrent diseases. After routine paraffin procedures, slides were stained with hematoxylin-eosin, Gordon-Sweet, Wilder and Laidlaw methods. Reticular fibers are described in the stroma and parenchyma of the thymus. Their number and thickness are higher in connective septa, perivascular sheaths, at the cortico-medullary junction and around Hassall's bodies. Their involvement in a basal membrane like structure located between epithelio-reticular cells and thymocytes is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Histology and Cytology, Timişoara University of Medicine and Pharmacy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Raica
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dema
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iacovliev
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alexa
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mederle
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000473:pathology*; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D017154:Stromal Cells / Q000473:pathology; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*