Fechner R E, Bossart M I, Spjut H J
Am J Clin Pathol. 1979 Oct;72(4):628-33. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/72.4.628.
An endometrium with cystic-glandular hyperplasia contained large foam cells in the stroma. The majority had ultrastructural characteristics of endometrial stromal cells, although a few were interpreted as macrophages. Endometrial stromal cells that appeared normal by light microscopy contained varying quantities of lipid on ultrastructural examination, and differed from the predominate type of foam cell only by having less cytoplasmic volume and maintaining an elongated shape. Cells intermediate in size and shape between normal stromal cells and foam cells further substantiated the origin of most of the foam cells from endometrial stroma.
患有囊性腺增生的子宫内膜基质中含有大量泡沫细胞。大多数细胞具有子宫内膜基质细胞的超微结构特征，尽管少数被认为是巨噬细胞。光镜下看似正常的子宫内膜基质细胞在超微结构检查中含有不同数量的脂质，与主要类型的泡沫细胞的区别仅在于细胞质体积较小且保持细长形状。大小和形状介于正常基质细胞和泡沫细胞之间的细胞进一步证实了大多数泡沫细胞起源于子宫内膜基质。
