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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-11-6
pubmed:abstractText
The terms apoptosis and necrosis are commonly used to imply two distinct types of cell death. Apoptosis reflects a genetically mediated. ATP-dependent form of cell death. A passive form of cell death (oncosis) also occurs, often in response to some form of injury. Both pathways can lead to necrosis (postmortem autolytic cell changes). The nature of intraluminal necrosis in mammary ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) was evaluated using ultrastructural analysis on paraffin-embedded material of 8 cases with "comedo"-DCIS. In each case, intraepithelial proliferation zones and intraluminal zones (peripheral and central luminal zones) were examined. All cases with "comedo"-DCIS revealed abundant apoptosis, characterized by apoptotic cells showing chromatin condensation and margination with sharply circumscribed, uniformly dense crescents, as well as cytoplasmic condensation. Numerous membrane-bound apoptotic bodies with condensed cytoplasm (with or without nuclear fragments) were also observed. The central luminal zones of "comedo"-DCIS, however, revealed necrotic debris characterized by severe degradative changes, largely devoid of recognizable cell structures. In addition, two cases displayed features of oncosis, characterized by nuclear and cytoplasmic swelling, vacuolization of cytoplasm, and mitochondrial swelling with occasional dense bodies. The results indicate that necrosis (postmortem, secondary degradative cell changes) in "comedo"-DCIS is the end result of either apoptosis (programmed cell death) alone or a combination of apoptosis and oncosis (passive or "accidental" cell death).
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0191-3123
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
135-44
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-6-26
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Mammary "comedo"-DCIS: apoptosis, oncosis, and necrosis: an electron microscopic examination of 8 cases.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Gynecologic and Breast Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC 20306-6000, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article