ULTRASTRUCTURAL OBSERVATIONS OF NUCLEAR-BODIES IN THE EPITHELIAL-CELLS OF HUMAN CONJUNCTIVA

Nuclear bodies (NBs) are intranuclear structures described in normal a nd pathologically altered cells of humans and animals. The NBs are 0.3 -1.5 mum round structures. Their function is unknown. In the present p aper, we describe NBs in the nuclei of the conjunctiva epithelial cell s in one patient with cicatricial pemphigoid (CP) and in an another on e without conjunctival pathology. We observed increase in the frequenc y of the NBs of type I occuring in the conjunctival cells in CP patien t as compared to the healthy control. This is the first report to desc ribe nuclear bodies in the human conjunctiva.