Histochemical observations of fluorescent biogenic amines in cryostat sections of peripheral and central nervous tissue

Tumors of ceruminous gland origin in the external auditory canal are rare in man. A case is described in which such a tumor presented as an invasive vascular temporal bone neoplasm, mimicking a glomus jugulare tumor. Light and electron microscopic study of this tumor confirmed a diagnosis of ceruminous gland adenocarcinoma. Tumors of ceruminous gland origin appear to have a distinctive clinical behavior by virtue of their unique anatomical location in the external auditory canal. Our experience with this case establishes another clinical picture characterizing the histologic type of ceruminoma designated as a ceruminous gland adenocarcinoma. We feel that the generic term "ceruminoma," with its implied histologic subgroups, is useful to the clinician when he encounters a tumor arising from the modified sweat glands of the external auditory canal.

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Ceruminous gland adenocarcinoma.A light and electron microscopic study

Michel

Woodard

Shelburne

et al. 1978

Cancer

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Depletion of biogenic amines and enhancement of cholinergic activity in the olfactory bulb and central olfactory connections with chronic methedrine intoxication

Duarte-Escalante

Ellinwood

1970

Arq. Neuro-Psiquiatr.

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Macrosmatic animals under the influence of chronic doses of ampheta mine develop stereotyped patterns of sniffing, looking, gnawing and grooming. The most prominent stereotopy in cast is repetitive sniffing. The purpose of this report is to present evidence of histochemical changes in the olfactory system of cats, which had developed a marked sniffing stereotopy with pro longed methedrine treatment. MATERIAL AND METHODSA group of 12 cats weighing 2 to 3 kg. was studied. The animals were injected twice daily with increasing doses of methedrine 7.5-40 mg/kg for 10 days. The whole brain was dissected from the animal under a light pentobarbital anesthesia. Selected blocks of fresh tissue were immediately frozen in liquid nitrogen. The tissue was then processed histochemically to develop biogenic amine fluorescence and the cholinergic reaction, using procedures of Falck and Hillarp 6 and Karnovsky and Roots 1 as well as our modification of both histochemical techniques (Duarte-Escalante et al. 3 , 4 ). RESULTSIn the normal adult cat, the cytoarchitectony of the olfactory bulb resembles the pattern of other mammals such as the rabbit and guinea pig. A few differences are observed in the increased number of afferent fibers ending at the olfactory glomeruli and in the fibers connecting the mitral, tufted and granular cells which appear to be multibranched in the cat. Using the fluorescent technique, adrenergic varicosities of medium to large size (1-2 microns) are observed around

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Histochemical observations of fluorescent biogenic amines in cryostat sections of peripheral and central nervous tissue

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Ceruminous gland adenocarcinoma.A light and electron microscopic study

Ceruminous gland adenocarcinoma.A light and electron microscopic study

Depletion of biogenic amines and enhancement of cholinergic activity in the olfactory bulb and central olfactory connections with chronic methedrine intoxication

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