THE BEHAVIOR OF LYMPHATIC METASTASIS OF WALKER CARCINOSARCOMA 256 IN RATS / 解剖学报

ABSTRACT

Walker carcinosarcoma 256 cells were injected intradermally into the medialaspect of right footpad of rats.After injection,the drained lymph nodes and overthe area of route of entry were examined microscopically in different period,inorder to determine the positive rate of appearance of cancer cells and metastasis inlymph nodes as well as other pathological changes.In the local area of inoculation cancer cells were noticed passing through spacesbetween the endothelial cells by ameboid movement into capillary lymph-vessels ormoved along with the lymph stream and get in to the capillary lymph-vessels fromtheir open ends.Individual or clumped cancer cells were seen in lymph-vesselsunder the epithelium and in the afferent lymph-vessels of lymph nodes.One hourafter the injection individual cancer cells were found first in the popliteal lymph nodes,then in the lumbar or renal lymph nodes on the third day.These cancer cellsappeared in the subcapsular sinuses at first,then in the intermediate and medullarysinuses subsequently and might be passed from one lymph node to another throughthe efferent lymph-vessels,for instance,cancer cells in popliteal nodes might migrateto lumbal or renal lymph nodes.When the cancer cells in lymph nodes became amass of a certain size associating with mitotic figures,a metastatic focus was thenestablished.Within twelve days after the inoculation,the total positive rates ofcancer cells and metastasis present in the popliteal lymph nodes were 59.5% and thetotal positive rate of multiple metastasis present simultaneously in several lymphnodes was 18.9 per sent.In addition to metastasis,these lymph nodes showed also themselves some im-mune changes,as including proliferation and enlargement of lymph follicles in cortex;widening of the paracortical area;ameboid movement present in different forms ofsmall lymphocytes and reticulosis,transformation of plasmacytes as well as increaseof immunoblasts.