Ultrastructural characteristics of the interdigitating dendritic cell in dermatopathic lymphadenopathy of mycosis fungoides patients

✍ Scribed by María T. Poblete; Carlos D. Figueroa; Italo Caorsi

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1987
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 942 KB
• Volume: 151
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-3417
• DOI: 10.1002/path.1711510405

✦ Synopsis

The ultrastructure of interdigitating dendritic cells in dermatopathic lymphadenopathy from patients with mycosis fungoides was investigated. The most remarkable findings were: a marked hypertrophy of the smooth endoplasmic reticulum with a peculiar concentric arrangements of the cisternae around lipid droplets, an abundance of cytoplasmic lipid droplets and the presence of paranuclear chromatoid-like bodies. It is suggested that these ultrastructural features may correspond to some unknown functional capability of the interdigitating dendritic cell.