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AMYLOID‐LIKE SUBSTANCE SURROUNDING MAMMARY CANCER AND BASAL CELL CARCINOMA
Author(s) -
Sümegi I.,
Rajka G.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica section a pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0365-4184
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1972.tb02163.x
Subject(s) - congo red , amyloid (mycology) , staining , pathology , basal (medicine) , ground substance , amyloidosis , basal cell , cancer , biology , chemistry , medicine , endocrinology , organic chemistry , adsorption , insulin , genetics , connective tissue
A particulary substance by the authors termed “elastic amyloid” occurs in cases of mammary cancer and cutaneous basal‐cell carcinomas. The substance displays some properties similar to those of classic amyloid, such as staining with Congo‐red, responsiveness to methyl‐violet, iodine green and Lugol's solution. It is however not birefringent after staining with Congo‐red and is stained by elastica stains. A maturation process of the material seems to develop which suggests similarities to changes observed in experimental amyloidosis. The relation of the “elastic amyloid” to immunological processes around nests of mammary cancer and basal cell carcinoma is discussed.