Scanning electron microscopy of nerve sheath neoplasms
Jones, S.A.; Strafuss, A.C.
American Journal of Veterinary Research 39(6): 1069-1072
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9645 PMID: 666085 Document Number: 124320
Neurofibromas and schwannomas were clearly differentiable by scanning electron microscopy of thin microscopic sections. Neurofibromas exhibited ordered laminations of collagen with scattered fibroblast-like cells interspersed. Schwannomas contained proliferations of smooth tube-forming cells. These neoplastic characteristics were compared with cellular characteristics of normal nerve sheaths to determine the cell of origin in each neoplasm.