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Reticular fibers in the stroma of the thymus
1Department of Histology and Cytology, Timişoara University of Medicine and Pharmacy.
Abstract:
There were investigated thymic biopsies taken from 14 children deceased of intercurrent diseases. After routine paraffin procedures, slides were stained with hematoxylin-eosin, Gordon-Sweet, Wilder and Laidlaw methods. Reticular fibers are described in the stroma and parenchyma of the thymus. Their number and thickness are higher in connective septa, perivascular sheaths, at the cortico-medullary junction and around Hassall's bodies. Their involvement in a basal membrane like structure located between epithelio-reticular cells and thymocytes is discussed.
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