Corpora Amylacea in Adenolymphoma (Warthin’s Tumor)
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- 1 February 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Journal of Clinical Pathology
- Vol. 69 (2) , 173-175
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcp/69.2.173
Abstract
David, Raffaele, and Buchner, Amos: Corpora amylacea in adenolymphoma (Warthin’s tumor). Am J Clin Pathol 69: 173–175, 1978. Round or polyhedral, acellular, lamellated or amorphous eosinophilic structures were observed in the cystic spaces of adenolymphomas. These eosinophilic bodies had several of the histochemical characteristics of amyloid, viz., pink color with green specific birefringence and bright red fluorescence with alkaline Congo red; positive DMAB-nitrite and DC reactions, and spontaneous autofluorescence. It is suggested that these bodies are derived from spontaneous assembly or polymerization of microfibrils of desquamated epithelial cells lining the cystic spaces of the tumor, as has been described to occur in prostatic corpora amylacea.Keywords
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