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I Doniach

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Ultrastructure of plasma cells containing Russell bodies in human stomach and thyroid.

The fine structure is illustrated of plasma cells containing Russell bodies. The material is from chronic inflammatory cell infiltrates in human gastric mucosa and thyroid glands in Graves' disease and Hashimoto's thyroiditis. It is noted that the Russell bodies lie in distended cisternae of rough endoplasmic reticulum and are easily distinguished from less electron-dense ;secretory granules' covered by a smooth membrane that are situated in the Golgi complex.

Cytoplasmic Granules↗

Pathological and clinical findings in a series of 67 cases of medullary carcinoma of the thyroid.

The pathological features of 67 cases of medullary carcinoma of the thyroid were studied, and when possible the case histories were reviewed. The typical tumour is sharply demarcated but not encapsulated, is composed of sheets of cells having eosinophilic granular cytoplasm, with the deposition of amyloid in the stroma. We would stress the frequency of binucleate cells, the scarcity of mitoses, and the frequent occurrence of calcification. The clinical findings show a wide variation in age at presentation of this tumour, and a wide variation in prognosis, with a mean survival from the time of presentation to hospital of 6.6 years, the longest being 21 years. Two of this group of patients also had phaeochromocytomas; these two and three others showed small papillary tumours of the eyelids, lips, and tongue. Despite the variation in some of its characteristics, medullary carcinoma of the thyroid is considered to be a distinct and sharply defined entity. It appears to be the only type of thyroid carcinoma associated with phaeochromocytoma, the only type associated with multiple mucosal neuromas and the only type with a familial incidence. These findings emphasize the validity of its separation from other types of thyroid carcinoma.

Adolescent↗