Whimster W F
Appl Pathol. 1986;4(1-2):15-23.
A profile method of depicting the distribution of submucous gland in the human trachea and bronchi has recently been described from this laboratory. In that study the gland was assessed only in samples taken from the trachea and bronchi. The present study confirmed the validity of the sampling technique used by showing that the results obtained with it were representative of the amount of submucous gland as it varied throughout the whole length of the trachea and main bronchi in 1 case and around the trachea in a 2nd case. In addition the amount of gland in each of the 19 segmental bronchi of the 1st case was measured. This was found to be significantly less than the only previous measurements reported, probably because the effects of smoking in the latter were not taken into account. Nevertheless the present and previous measurements both show a previously unrecognised preponderance of gland on the right side at the segmental (generation 3/4) level, which could be related to the anatomy of the tracheobronchial tree.
本实验室最近描述了一种描绘人气管和支气管黏膜下腺分布的轮廓法。在该研究中，仅对取自气管和支气管的样本中的腺体进行了评估。本研究通过表明使用该采样技术获得的结果代表了1例患者整个气管和主支气管全长以及第2例患者气管周围黏膜下腺的数量变化，证实了该采样技术的有效性。此外，还测量了第1例患者19个节段支气管中每个支气管的腺体数量。结果发现这一数量明显少于之前唯一报道的测量值，可能是因为之前的测量没有考虑吸烟的影响。然而，目前的测量值和之前的测量值都显示，在节段（第3/4级）水平上，右侧腺体数量此前未被认识到的优势，这可能与气管支气管树的解剖结构有关。
