ISSN:
1432-0878
Keywords:
Glomus coccygeum
;
Adventitial cells
;
Mast cells
;
Inclusion bodies
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Summary In the adventitial cells of the arterio-venous anastomoses in the human glomus coccygeum peculiar inclusion bodies have been found which consist of hollow cylinders (diameter approx.: 800 Å, mean length: 2,000 Å), whose wall is composed of a concentrically layered membranous material. As the arrangement and the fine structure of the latter show close resemblance to a certain component of human mast cell granules, the evidence obtained so far led to the suggestion, that the cells described here either represent a specific (vascular ?) type or some final stage of human mast cells.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02226909
Permalink
