Ultrastructure of oral sarcoma.
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.
Tanaka
Nobuyuki
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Department of Oral Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, South 1, West 16, Chuou-ku, Sapporo 060-0061, Japan. ntanaka@sapmed.ac.jp
Mimura
Masafumi
M
Kimijima
Yutaka
Y
Sasaki
Kodo
K
Ichinose
Shizuko
S
Amagasa
Teruo
T
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