The Journal of Nihon University School of Dentistry
Online ISSN : 1884-2984
Print ISSN : 0029-0432
ISSN-L : 0029-0432
Iron Deposits in the Human Labial Minor Salivary Glands : a Postmortem Study
Yasunori TAKEDAHirotsugu YAMAMOTO
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1989 Volume 31 Issue 1 Pages 361-365

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Iron deposits in the human labial minor salivary glands were examined in a series of 195 postmortem subjects. Iron deposits (hemosiderin granules) were found in 7 subjects (3.6%), and the major types of illness in these cases were liver cirrhosis with or without hepatoma, aplastic anemia and acute myelogenous leukemia. Three out of 7 subjects had a history of blood transfusion. Considerable quantities of hemosiderin granules were deposited wihin the cytoplasm of the acinar and ductal epithelial cells, and hemosiderin-laden cells were scattered in the interstitial connective tissue.
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