TY - JOUR
T1 - Collagen fibres in the wall of odontogenic keratocysts
T2 - A study with picrosirius red and polarizing microscopy
AU - Hirshberg, Abraham
AU - Sherman, Sima
AU - Buchner, Amos
AU - Dayan, Dan
PY - 1999/10
Y1 - 1999/10
N2 - The collagen in the walls of 15 keratocysts was studied histochemically by staining sections with picrosirius red and examining them with polarizing microscopy. This was compared to 15 cases of dentigerous cyst and 15 cases of radicular cyst. Polarization colours of the collagen fibres were recorded according to their width. No differences were found between the polarization colours of thin fibres (<0.8 μm) in all three lesions; the polarization colours of thick fibres (1.6-2.4 μm) in keratocysts were significantly more greenish-yellow when compared with those of dentigerous cysts and radicular cysts. The staining of the collagen fibres in the keratocysts is similar to that reported in odontogenic neoplasms, which suggests that the stroma of keratocysts could be regarded not just as a structural support of the cyst wall, but as playing a part in the neoplastic behaviour of the cyst.
AB - The collagen in the walls of 15 keratocysts was studied histochemically by staining sections with picrosirius red and examining them with polarizing microscopy. This was compared to 15 cases of dentigerous cyst and 15 cases of radicular cyst. Polarization colours of the collagen fibres were recorded according to their width. No differences were found between the polarization colours of thin fibres (<0.8 μm) in all three lesions; the polarization colours of thick fibres (1.6-2.4 μm) in keratocysts were significantly more greenish-yellow when compared with those of dentigerous cysts and radicular cysts. The staining of the collagen fibres in the keratocysts is similar to that reported in odontogenic neoplasms, which suggests that the stroma of keratocysts could be regarded not just as a structural support of the cyst wall, but as playing a part in the neoplastic behaviour of the cyst.
KW - Collagen
KW - Neoplastic behaviour
KW - Odontogenic cysts
KW - Picrosirius red
KW - Polarization methods
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1999.tb02112.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1999.tb02112.x
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AN - SCOPUS:0033213132
SN - 0904-2512
VL - 28
SP - 410
EP - 412
JO - Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine
JF - Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine
IS - 9
ER -
