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D Gambarelli

Publications and source records attributed to D Gambarelli.

At least 109 records · Page 6Linked to original sources
PubMed1976

[Olfactory esthesioneurocytoma: ultrastructural study of a case (author's transl)].

One case of malignant tumour of the left nasal cavity is reported in a woman 56 year old, affected by the disease 24 years. Numerous recurrences appeared and various histological diagnoses were performed. At the last surgery, the tumour invaded the ethmoid and was a typical olfactory esthesioneurocytoma. By electron microscopy, mature ganglion cells with dense cored vesicles (neurosecretory granules) were densely packed. Neuritic processes with microtubules were rarely normal in size and their content was most often abnormal; furthermore dystrophic axons were noted in great number.

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PubMed1976

[Niemann-Pick disease (Crocker's type C): ultrastructural study of a case (author's transl)].

The authors report electron microscopic findings in brain, bone marrow and liver biopsies in a case of juvenile Niemann-Pick disease (Crocker's type C). The diagnosis was supported by clinical data increase of blood sphingomyelin and vacuolated histiocytes in bone marrow and liver. Neurons and glial cells were filled with two types of cytosomes: classical multilamellar bodies and unusual pleiomorphic bodies. The latter type probably showed some lipofuscinic component. The relationship between type C and classical Niemann-Pick disease is discussed.

Bone Marrow↗
PubMed1976

[Cerebral hemangiopericytoma. Ultrastructural study of one case].

The authors report electron-microscopic observations upon a primitive cerebral haemangiopericytoma. The vascular appearance of the tumour is due to the presence of abundant extracellular material which has a structure like that of vascular basement membranes. The fact that the tumour cells are pericytes is confirmed by the existence of intracytoplasmic microfilaments of 60-80 A in diameter, sometimes gathered into osmiophilic aggregations and forming simple cellular junctions (zonulae adherentes). Stress is laid upon the importance of differentiating this rare tumour from an angioblastic meningioma; the haemangiopericytoma is more rapidly growing and carries a more serious prognosis.

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PubMed1975

[Muscular involvement in rheumatic pelvispondylitis].

The authors explored a group of patients suffering from rheumatic pelvispondylitis from the point of view of muscular lesions: clinical muscular examination, anatomo-pathological investigation of the muscle (optical microscopy, histochemistry), electromyographic investigation, and determination of certain serum and muscle enzymes. Some muscular anomalies were observed, which were predominant in the muscles of the lumbar grooves, although there were some lesions of the quadriceps muscle, with a myogenous appearance, but without inflammation. The clearest anomalies were neurogenic and were present particularly in the muscles of the lumbar grooves.

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PubMed1974

Concentric laminated bodies in muscle pathology.

Concentric laminated bodies are described in five cases (one case previously reported and four new ones) of various muscle diseases. A general review of previous reports on these structures is made. They appear to be unspecific bodies generally noticed in abnormal skeletal muscle in various disorders; nevertheless they were found in normal muscle fibres of the mothers of children affected by myopathy. They have a complex filamentous structure. According to the authors, their myofilamentous nature is uncertain but seems more probable than a mitochondrial or lipidic one.

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