Authors
Harris, MartinAffiliation
Department of Histopathology, Withington Hospital and Christie Hospital, ManchesterIssue Date
1982-03
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Two spindle cell carcinomas of the skin and one of the breast have been studied by electron microscopy. In one tumour the spindle cells were of purely mesenchymal type and in the other two the spindle cells exhibited both mesenchymal and epithelial features within the same cells. The significance of the findings in relation to the histogenesis of the spindle cells is discussed, with special reference to the possible alternative roles of mesenchymal metaplasia of the epithelial component and spontaneous cell fusion between carcinoma cells and stromal cells.Citation
Spindle cell squamous carcinoma: ultrastructural observations. 1982, 6 (2):197-210 HistopathologyJournal
HistopathologyDOI
10.1111/j.1365-2559.1982.tb02715.xPubMed ID
7076139Type
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enISSN
0309-0167ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1111/j.1365-2559.1982.tb02715.x