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A STEREOLOGICAL STUDY OF INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCTS: 3. Infantile Polycystic Disease
Author(s) -
Jøroensen M.
Publication year - 1973
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.1699-0463.1973.tb03559.x
Subject(s) - stereology , biliary ducts , pathology , anatomy , medicine , radiology
10 cases of “infantile polycystic disease” have been studied by stereology in order to investigate the general validity of the conception of the intrahepatic biliary system obtained from two reconstructions. The results confirm those of the reconstructions. The ductal structures can be divided into two separate groups of very different morphology. One consists of very flat elliptical cylinders called “ductal plates” and the other of irregular tubular structures approximating to the shape of circular cylinders. The two components show no preferential widths. The structures are dilated compared to normal ducts, but in a very variable manner, and cysts are very rare. It is concluded that the mixture of different ductal shapes constitutes a characteristic entity. If it is considered desirable to use a morphological designation of this liver lesion then this should refer to this entity or to its most characteristic element, the “ductal plate”.