[Lamellae annulatae and cisternae radiatae in human tumor cells]

According to a literary survey supplemented with the authors' own observation, lamellae annulatae have already been referred to in a variety of 23 human tumours. Cisternae radiatae, more complicated than lamellae annulatae, have had two literary references; the present authors have found them in three cases: in malignant melanoma, in mammary gland carcinoma, and in pulmonary adenocarcinoma. A new interpretation of the structure of cisternae has been developed, based on three-dimensional projection of pores.