Open AccessBLASTIC SCHWANN CELLS IN RENAL TUMOR OF TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS COMPLEX—AN ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC STUDY— *
Author(s) -
Mori Michio,
Ikeda Tsuneo,
Onoe Tamenori
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
acta patholigica japonica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
ISSN - 0001-6632
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1971.tb00113.x
Subject(s) - tuberous sclerosis , ultrastructure , pathology , electron microscope , schwann cell , biology , anatomy , medicine , physics , optics
Renal tumor in Bourneville‐Pringle's tuberous sclerosis complex was examined electron microscopically. It was demonstrated that the cells which have been histologically assumed as smooth muscle origin were not myogenic in ultrastructure but quite similar to that of blastic Schwann cells. It seems to support Inglis's previous view that the tuberous sclerosis complex is essentially the result of dissemination of immature Schwann cells throughout the body.