Ultrastructural features of the verruciform xanthoma |
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| Authors: | Charles M. Cobb Robert Holt Francis R. Denys |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Periodontics, Sehool of Dentistry, University of Alabama in Birmingham, University Station, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, U.S.A.;United States Navy Dental Corps, 2nd Dental Company FMF, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina 28542, U.S.A.;Institute of Dental Research, Sehool of Dentistry, University of Alabama in Birmingham, University Station, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, U.S.A. |
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The verruciform xanthoma, a rare lesion of the oral cavity, was studied by light and electron microscopy. The major cell type associated with the lesion was shown to contain appreciable amounts of lipid and was characterized as a macrophage. It was characteristic of the endothelial cells associated with subepithelial capillaries to exhibit multiple basal laminae. A rather unusual observation was the migration of lipid-filled cells into the stratum germinativum of the overlying epithelium. |
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