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Scanning electron microscopic study of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

M. Gulisano ,
G. Polli ,
S. Dallai ,
E. Altavilla  and
P. Pacini
M. Gulisano
Affiliation:
Departments of Human Anatomy and Histology, University of Florence, Italy.
G. Polli
Affiliation:
Departments of Human Anatomy and Histology and Clinical Otohinolaryngology, University of Florence, Italy.
S. Dallai
Affiliation:
Departments of Human Anatomy and Histology and Clinical Otohinolaryngology, University of Florence, Italy.
E. Altavilla
Affiliation:
Departments of Human Anatomy and Histology, University of Florence, Italy.
P. Pacini*
Affiliation:
Departments of Human Anatomy and Histology, University of Florence, Italy.
*
Prof. Paolo Pacini, Dipartimento di Anatomia Umana ed Istologia, della Universita Di Firenze, 50134 Firenze, Italy.
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Abstract

The study has been carried out on biopsies taken from four patients affected by squamous cell carcinoma and four patients affected by undifferentiated carcinoma of nasopharyngeal type (UCNT). Three healthy volunteers have served as controls.

All the specimens have been studied by SEM. The neoplastic conditions cause obvious alterations both in the mucosal surface and in the morphology of the cellular apex.

Keywords

Nasopharyngeal neoplasmsScanning electron microscopy
Type
Main Articles
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 105 , Issue 5 , May 1991 , pp. 349 - 352
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1991

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