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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-1-19
pubmed:abstractText
We studied the ultrastructure of the ovoid bodies in choroidal neurofibromatosis. Ovoid bodies consisted of groups of the same kind of elongated cells arranged in lamellar patterns. The elongated cell was characterized by a fragmented circumferential basal lamina, groups of pinocytotic vesicles, a desmosomelike intercellular contact, and intimate contact with axons. These findings suggest that elongated cells are proliferated Schwann's cells and ovoid bodies do not correspond with real sensory nerve end organs; rather, they are enlarged peripheral nerves due to neoplastic hyperplasia of Schwann's cells around axons.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0003-9950
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
100
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1939-41
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Ovoid bodies in choroidal neurofibromatosis.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports