A CASE REPORT OF BASAL CELL ADENOMA SHOWING ELASTIC FIBER (ELASTIN-BASEMENT MEMBRANE COMPLEX) PRODUCTION OF THE SUBMANDIBULAR GRAND

A biopsy case of basal cell adenoma of the left submandibular gland was reported in a 15 years-old boy. The tumor was pigeon egg-sized, spherical in shape, and encapsulated by a fibrous capsule. Its cut surface was milk-white. Histologic picture of the tumor was a trabecular or tubular monomorphic a...

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Published in:Kita Kantō igaku (The Kitakanto Medical Journal) Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 13 - 20
Main Authors: SUZUKI, KEIJI, MORI, ICHIRO, MASAWA, NOBUHIDE, OONEDA, GENJU, TABE, MIOJI
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: The Kitakanto Medical Society 1978
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Summary:A biopsy case of basal cell adenoma of the left submandibular gland was reported in a 15 years-old boy. The tumor was pigeon egg-sized, spherical in shape, and encapsulated by a fibrous capsule. Its cut surface was milk-white. Histologic picture of the tumor was a trabecular or tubular monomorphic adenoma with well developed elastic fibers in the interstitial tissue. Electron microscopy revealed 4 kinds of tumor cells, that is, squamous cell-like cells with tonofilaments, cells with a few filaments, secreting cells, and myoepithelial-like cells and moreover elastin, collagen fibrils and basement membrane-like substance in the interstitium. Possible production of the elastin by the myoepithelial-like cells of this tumor was discussed.
ISSN:0023-1908
1883-6135
DOI:10.2974/kmj1951.28.13