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Hyaline bodies in odontogenic cysts: Electron microscopic observations
Author(s) -
Jensen Jerald L.,
Erickson John O.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
journal of oral pathology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.887
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1600-0714
pISSN - 0904-2512
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1974.tb01692.x
Subject(s) - hyaline , electron microscope , ultrastructure , electron micrographs , cuticle (hair) , pathology , odontogenic , keratin , arthropod cuticle , biology , anatomy , medicine , botany , physics , optics , insect
. Hyaline bodies in odontogenic cysts were studied in the electron microscope after retrieval from paraffin blocks. Although epithelial preservation was poor, hyaline bodies appeared to be well preserved. Our observations do not support unequivocally either of the two major hypotheses of pathogenesis ‐ epithelial cell production or hematogenous origin. Electron micrographs do, however, clearly demonstrate that hyaline bodies are not composed of keratin. Hyaline bodies in our material reveal no ultrastructural similarity to the published electron micrographs of cuticle “B” which Listgarten (1966a, b) suggested corresponds to the secondary enamel cuticle.