The ultrastructure of pulmonary hamartoma

✍ Scribed by Frederick J. Stone; Andrew M. Churg

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1977
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 867 KB
• Volume: 39
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0008-543X
• DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(197703)39:3<1064::aid-cncr2820390309>3.0.co;2-f

✦ Synopsis

Ultrastructural and histochemical examination of chondromatous pulmonary hamartomas revealed the epithelial component to be comprised of elements similar to those lining the distal bronchioles and the alveoli of adult lung. The stromal cells nearest the epithelium include a population resembling mature fibroblasts and a population of glycogen-containing, primitive appearing cells. More deeply situated stromal cells showed features of chrondroid differentiation.