- Ultrastructural Changes in Glomerular Anionic Sites in Puromycin Aminonucleoside Nephropathy.
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Hyun Chul Kim, Chan Oh Choi, Young Ho Kim, Kwan Kyu Park
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Korean J Pathol. 2000;34(1):56-67.
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- An ultrastructural study was done on puromycin aminonucleoside (PAN) nephropathy which was induced in a group of Sprague-Dawley rats by a single intraperitoneally injected dose. To study the ultrastructural alteration of glomerular anionic sites renal tissue was stained with polyethyleneimine (PEI) as a cationic probe.
The PEI method seemed to selectively stain heparan sulfate proteoglycan in the basement membrane and has been widely used to evaluate the changes of the basement membrane in human diseases as well as in experimental work. The experimental rats developed proteinuria three days after the PAN injection. Electron microscopic studies of glomeruli showed the loss of epithelial foot processes, formation of cytoplasmic vacuoles, microvillous formation, and increased numbers of lysosomes in the cytoplasm of podocytes. The anionic sites on the basement membrane with foot process fusion were mostly indistinguishable from those seen in control rats, but focal areas of loss or disarray of anionic sites were noted.
The anionic sites were not seen on the basement membrane where the overlying epithelium was detached. The results suggest that proteinuria in PAN nephrosis may be primarily due to a glomerular epithelial lesion, leading to focal disarray of anionic sites or focal defects in the epithelial covering of the basement membrane. The loss of anionic sites in the basement membrane may result partially from the foot process fusion, but mostly from the epithelial detachment.
- Giant Cell Tumor of the Larynx: Report of a case.
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Soya Paik, Yoon Mee Jeen, Woo Ick Yang, In Joon Choi, Young Ho Kim
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Korean J Pathol. 1997;31(1):75-78.
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- Giant cell tumor arising in the osteocartilaginous tissue of the larynx is extremely rare. The few reported cases have all occurred in men older than 20 years and the site of origin has been exclusively localized to the thyroid and cricoid cartilages that are known to undergo enchondral ossification. The formation of giant cell tumor in larynx is thought to be related to this enchondral ossification process. We report a case of giant cell tumor arising in the thyroid cartilage of a 39 year old man. CT scan of the neck revealed a well defined mass of soft tissue density replacing the right thyroid cartilage. Grossly the tumor was well demarcated with a distinctive pushing margin except for the area bordering the submucosa of the larynx where it showed focally an infiltrative pattern of growth.
Microscopically multinucleated giant cells were found dispersed regularly among the spindle cells. Although mitoses were frequently noted in the spindle cells there was no atypicality or pleomorphism. Total laryngectomy was performed without further treatment. Postoperative follow up for 6 months has proved the patient to be alive and well without recurrence.
- Light Electron Microscopic Study in Rat Livers Following Cadmium Chloride Administration.
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Kwan Kyu Park, Young Ho Kim, Kun Young Kwon, Eun Sook Chang, Moo Ung Chang
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Korean J Pathol. 1992;26(1):28-39.
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- This study was carried out to investigate the light and electron microscopic findings of the livers of rats after an intraperitoneal injection of cadmium chloride. The Sprague-Dawley rats were intraperitoneally injected with cadmium chloride dissolved in water, once a day for three days. These animals were sacrificed at 1, 3, 8, and 24 hr after the last injection. Control groups of the rats were also sacrificed in the same manner. The liver was extirpated and examined by both light and electron microscopy. The results obtained are as follows: The parenchyma of the liver shows focal neutrophilic infiltration and spotty necrosis.
The hepatocytes show fatty change, ballooning degeneration, swelling of the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria, increase numbers of secondary lysosomes and residual bodies.
Focal patic venules and sinusoids of the liver are congested. The Kupffer cells are increase in number.
Therefore, it can be concluded that the cadmium is directly acted to hepatocytes resulting in cellular injuries and deposits in the fat droplets of the cytoplasm of the hepatocytes, not Ito cells as previously suggeted.
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