Morphological changes in the human thymus in cancer

Zabusov, I.G.

Voprosy Onkologii 25(11): 16-20

1979


ISSN/ISBN: 0507-3758
PMID: 516558
Document Number: 147679
Morphohistochemical and morphometric assays of the thymus from 40 persons, died as a result of cancer of various localizations, demonstrated a reliable diminishing in size of Hassell's corpuscles, the constant presence of blast thymocytes, an increased content of PAS-positive cells, reticuloepithelial dystrophy. Under lymphogenic metastasization and adrenal metastases the thymus may also increase its bulk. Some alternative changes in the thymus when involved by metastases are described.

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