Anderson C, Danylchuk K D
Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1978 Nov-Dec(137):265-7.
Samples of osteopetrotic bone were deorganified and examined with the scanning electron microscope. Densely mineralized tubules with walls measuring from 1-10mu in width and with a luminal diameter of 70-90mu were observed scattered throughout the processed surface of the bone. Adjacent sections of bone prepared by routine histological methods for light microscopy showed that the tubules occur in areas of bone where "hyaline" structures are seen surrounding blood vessels. The tubules are not present in normal bone. The nature of these tubules and their possible significance in the pathological physiology of osteopetrosis requires further investigation.
对骨石化症的骨样本进行脱有机处理，并使用扫描电子显微镜进行检查。在整个处理过的骨表面观察到密集矿化的小管，其管壁宽度为1 - 10微米，管腔直径为70 - 90微米。通过常规组织学方法制备用于光学显微镜检查的相邻骨切片显示，这些小管出现在骨的某些区域，在这些区域可见“透明样”结构围绕血管。正常骨中不存在这些小管。这些小管的性质及其在骨石化症病理生理学中的可能意义需要进一步研究。
