title: Ultrastructure of oral sarcoma.
abstract: Sarcoma of the oral region is extremely rare and ultrastructural studies of the tumor are limited in number. We collected oral sarcomas, such as fibrosarcoma, malignant fibrous histiocytoma, liposarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, angiosarcoma, alveolar soft-part sarcoma, solitary plasmacytoma, and osteosarcoma, and performed ultrastructural studies of these tumors. The value of these studies for an understanding of the biological behavior of the tumors was then investigated. In these studies, electron microscopic examinations of oral sarcoma were of assistance in our attempt to establish correct diagnosis and histogenesis. Data from the studies of oral sarcoma by light microscopy, electron microscopy, and immunohistochemistry should be accumulated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, South 1, West 16, Chuou-ku, Sapporo 060-0061, Japan. ntanaka@sapmed.ac.jp
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Masafumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mimura
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kimijima
authors.forename: Kodo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Shizuko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ichinose
authors.forename: Teruo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Amagasa
mesh_terms: D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000648:ultrastructure; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D006801:Humans; D008080:Liposarcoma / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure