Kodama A, Hoshino T
Auris Nasus Larynx. 1979;6(1):23-30. doi: 10.1016/s0385-8146(79)80004-8.
The crypt of the palatine tonsil and the recess of the human pharyngeal tonsil were studied using a scanning electron microscope. Many pores, ranging in diameter from 10 to 100 microns, were observed on the luminal surface of the crypts. All of the crypt surface except at the sites of pores was covered by epithelial cells. Non-epithelial round cells, mostly lymphocytes, were exposed directly to the crypt lumen through these pores. In the lumen of palatine tonsillar crypts, numerous round cells were present which evidently pass through these pores from the parenchyma. This finding indicates that the tonsillar parenchyma is directly open to the crypt. Similar findings were obtained in the recess of the pharyngeal tonsil.
利用扫描电子显微镜对腭扁桃体隐窝和人咽扁桃体隐窝进行了研究。在隐窝的腔面观察到许多直径为10至100微米的小孔。除小孔部位外，隐窝表面均被上皮细胞覆盖。非上皮圆形细胞，主要是淋巴细胞，通过这些小孔直接暴露于隐窝腔内。在腭扁桃体隐窝腔内，存在大量圆形细胞，这些细胞显然是从实质通过这些小孔进入的。这一发现表明扁桃体实质直接通向隐窝。在咽扁桃体隐窝也获得了类似的发现。
