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  • Title: Immunoproliferative small intestinal disease in Algerians. II. Ultrastructural studies in alpha-chain disease.
    Author: Crow J, Asselah F.
    Journal: Cancer; 1984 Nov 01; 54(9):1908-13. PubMed ID: 6434178.
    Abstract:
    The plasma cell infiltrate of the small intestine in alpha-chain disease has been studied ultrastructurally in an attempt to determine whether there is a significant nuclear-cytoplasmic asynchrony that could be used as evidence for the neoplastic nature of the disease, even in its early stages. No such asynchrony was identified. In the early stages of the disease, the infiltrate was mainly of slightly immature plasma cells indistinguishable from those of coeliac disease. Later stages were marked by the presence of less differentiated immunoblastic cells arising in the deep mucosa and infiltrating into glands. Multinucleate plasmacytoid cells were thought to be degenerate cells. The significance of these findings is discussed in relation to the nature of alpha-chain disease and immunoproliferative small intestinal disease in general.
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