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Human oviducts, obtained from 60 women having undergone total hysterectomy due to diseases of the uterus or ovary, were studied for cyclic changes by electron microscopy. In the studies, plasma cells were frequently observed in the lamina propria of the oviductal mucosa. Russell bodies were occasionally encountered in the plasma cells. In the oviduct mucosa obtained from a patient with cervical carcinoma, a plasma cell contained C-shaped or worm-like structures in an extensively-distended cisterna of the rER. These structures were morphologically quite similar to type A curvilinear bodies in lysosomes of certain lysosomal diseases. Additionally, intracisternal tubules were noted in slightly dilated cisternae of other rER. The origins and functional significance of curvilinear inclusions and intracisternal tubules in the plasma cell remain obscure.
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Hagiwara, H., Shibasaki, S. & Ohwada, N. Variously-formed inclusions in the rough endoplasmic reticulum of plasma cells in the human oviduct mucosa. Med Electron Microsc 28, 181–186 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02347961
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