title: [Morphometric and stereologic nuclear values obtained from the study of a population suffering from nasopharyngeal carcinoma].
abstract: Computer nuclear morphometry and stereology are attractive methods because its objectivity and cheapness allowing histologic diagnosis when identifying minimal variations respectively the normality and also detect negligible disparities between anormal cells which could escape to the assessment of the pathologist. We present the data gained from several morphogenic and stereologic parameters resulting of measurements of tumoral cells procured from 40 patients with nasopharyngeal carcinomata. Middle values have been: nuclear area 27.70 microns 2; nuclear perimeter 20.80 microns; nuclear factor of form 0.81 microns; nuclear outline index 4.01; nuclear orientation angle 87.29 degrees; nuclear ellipsiticity 704.14; nuclear regularity 61.83; middle lineal length 4.30, middle linear distance 107.94; and nuclear volume 118.80 microns 3. Our series is the largest studied till now of all found in the literature. Comparison our data with those of previous publications.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de O.R.L. y Patología Cérvico-Facial, Hospital General de Salamanca.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pérez Plasencia
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Flores Corral
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Urrutia Avisrror
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Santa Cruz Ruiz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Benito González
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Mateos Pérez
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Gómez González
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D010780:Photogrammetry / Q000295:instrumentation*