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Unusual tubular inclusions were observed in the cytoplasm of ganglion cells of a mediastinal ganglioneuroma in a boy of 7 years. The inclusions consisted of an aggregation of about 100-nm-sized tubular structures resembling ‘honeycomb-like’ tubular structures in the axoplasm of rats and mice and suggested to be derived from dilated rough endoplasmic reticulum. These structures differ from profiles reported in normal and pathologic conditions and seem to be related to the neoplastic character of the ganglion cells.
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Matsuda, M., Nagashima, K. Cytoplasmic tubular inclusion in ganglioneuroma. Acta Neuropathol 64, 81–84 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00695612
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