Open AccessULTRASTRUCTURE OF AN ANAPLASTIC GIANT‐CELL CARCINOMA FOUND 8 YEARS AFTER OPERATION ON A PAPILLARY CARCINOMA OF THE THYROID
Author(s) -
Hiasa Yoshio,
Ito Noriyuki,
Ohshima Masato,
Ohmori Tomoyoshi,
Seki Asao,
Tatsumi Toshikazu,
Yokoi Hiromu,
Iwata Chikayoshi,
Murata Yoshio,
Ito Nobuyuki
Publication year - 1978
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.1440-1827.1978.tb00902.x
Subject(s) - ultrastructure , anaplastic carcinoma , pathology , papillary carcinoma , basement membrane , giant cell , carcinoma , thyroid , biology , thyroid carcinoma , chemistry , medicine , endocrinology
Light and electron microscopic studies have been made on an anaplastic giant‐cell tumor that developed in a woman 8 years after an operation on the thyroid for papillary carcinoma. Many giant cells were observed in the anaplastic tumor tissue, but no follicles. Numerous tightly‐packed mitochondria and abundant ribosomes were present, but there were no desmosomes. The basement membrane was not distinct.