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Ovarian teratoma: Ultrastructure and neural component
Author(s) -
Luse Sarah A.,
Vietti Teresa
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(196801)21:1<38::aid-cncr2820210108>3.0.co;2-l
Subject(s) - ultrastructure , pathology , cilium , medicine , teratoma , ovary , degeneration (medical) , ovarian teratoma , abnormality , epithelium , anatomy , biology , neuroscience , microbiology and biotechnology , endocrinology , psychiatry
The ultrastructural details of a malignant recurrent polycystic teratoma of the ovary in a child are presented. It is well recognized that brain is a common component of malignant ovarian teratomas. Even at the ultrastructural level no evidence of abnormality, other than degeneration, can be detected. The perfect replication of brain, even to the blood‐glial relationships and synapses, is documented. Abnormal cilia are present on ciliated epithelium. The ultra‐structural degenerative changes in the glia and neurons are indistinguishable from age changes seen in the human brain.