A quantitative ultrastructural study of a parotid oncocytoma
Carlsöö, B.; Domeij, S.; Helander, H.F.
Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 103(9): 471-474
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-9985 PMID: 582379 Document Number: 146346
A quantitative electron microscopic study was performed in a case of parotid oncocytoma. The mean nuclear radius was estimated to be 3.4 mu, and the mean nuclear volume 171 cu mu. The mean cell volume was calculated to be 958 cu mu. The mitochondrial volume density value averaged 59% of the cytoplasmic volume, and the mean nuclear volume density was 24% of the cell volume. These findings are compared with previous quantitative electron microscopic data on various epithelial cells from the digestive system, including the salivary glands.