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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="other" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Surgery and Oncology</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Surgery and Oncology</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Хирургия и онкология</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="electronic">2949-5857</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Publishing House ABV Press</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">781</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17650/2949-5857-2025-15-1-49-53</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>ORIGINAL REPORTS</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ОРИГИНАЛЬНЫЕ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject></subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Morphological assessment of the tubular glands of the nasopharyn</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Морфологическая оценка тубулярных желез носоглотки</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3957-9526</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Orlov</surname><given-names>A. E.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Орлов</surname><given-names>А. Е.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p><italic>89 Chapaevskaya St., Samara 443099;</italic></p><p><italic>50 Solnechnaya St., Samara 443031</italic></p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p><italic>443099 Самара, ул. Чапаевская, 89;</italic></p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1765-6965</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Kaganov</surname><given-names>O. I.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Каганов</surname><given-names>О. И.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p><italic>89 Chapaevskaya St., Samara 443099;</italic></p><p><italic>50 Solnechnaya St., Samara 443031</italic></p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p><italic>443099 Самара, ул. Чапаевская, 89;</italic></p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1279-8000</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Bondarenko</surname><given-names>M. M.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Бондаренко</surname><given-names>М. М.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p><bold>Maria Mikhailovna Bondarenko</bold></p><p><italic>50 Solnechnaya St., Samara 443031</italic></p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p><bold>Мария Михайловна Бондаренко</bold></p><p><italic>443031 Самара, ул. Солнечная, 50</italic></p></bio><email>8fairy8tail8@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2182-5429</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Makhonin</surname><given-names>A. A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Махонин</surname><given-names>А. А.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p><italic>50 Solnechnaya St., Samara 443031</italic></p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p><italic>443031 Самара, ул. Солнечная, 50</italic></p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Samara State Medical University, Ministry of Health of the Russia</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">ФГБОУ ВО «Самарский государственный медицинский университет» Минздрава России</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Samara Regional Clinical Oncological Dispensary</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">ГБУЗ «Самарский областной клинический онкологический диспансер»</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2025-03-21" publication-format="electronic"><day>21</day><month>03</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>15</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>49</fpage><lpage>53</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-03-20"><day>20</day><month>03</month><year>2025</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2025-03-20"><day>20</day><month>03</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2025, ABV-press</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2025, АБВ-пресс</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">ABV-press</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">АБВ-пресс</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://onco-surgery.info/jour/about/editorialPolicies</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://onco-surgery.info/jour/article/view/781">https://onco-surgery.info/jour/article/view/781</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p><bold>Introduction.</bold> In foreign literature, a number of authors identify such anatomical structures as tubular salivary glands, which, when exposed to radiation, lead to the development of xerostomia. There are still ongoing discussions regarding this discovery and the importance of tubular salivary glands for practical medicine as a risk organ during radiation therapy.</p><p><bold>Aim.</bold> To study the morphological characteristics of the tubular glands of the nasopharynx on cadaveric material.</p><p><bold>Materials and methods.</bold> At the Samara Regional Bureau of Forensic Medicine in the simulation center, material was collected from areas of the posterior surface of the nasopharynx and histological examination of the cadaveric material was carried out. Macroscopic and microscopic examination of the autopsy material was carried out. To perform the study, autopsy fragments were subjected to alcohol wiring and embedded in paraffin blocks. Then, 3–4 transverse sections, 5–7 μm thick, were made from each block, followed by staining with hematoxylin and eosin.</p><p><bold>Results.</bold> Macroscopic and histological examination of nasopharyngeal autopsy specimens from 3 cadavers (2 fragments from each), selected randomly, showed that all 6 studied fragments correspond in structure to glandular structures and contain myoepithelial cells.</p><p><bold>Conclusions.</bold> Conducting a morphological study after autopsy confirmed the presence of glandular tissue near the tubal ridge along the posterior wall of the nasopharynx, which refers to the salivary glands.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p><bold>Введение.</bold> В работах ряда авторов в зарубежной литературе выделяются такие анатомические структуры, как тубулярные слюнные железы, которые, попадая в зону облучения, приводят к развитию ксеростомии. По поводу данного открытия и значения тубулярных слюнных желез для практической медицины как органа риска при лучевой терапии до сих пор ведется дискуссия.</p><p><bold>Цель исследования</bold> – изучение морфологических характеристик тубулярных желез носоглотки на трупном материале.</p><p><bold>Материалы и методы</bold>. На базе Самарского областного бюро судебно-медицинской экспертизы, в симуляционном центре, были проведены забор материала с участков задней поверхности носоглотки и гистологическое исследование трупного материала. Проведены макроскопическое и микроскопическое исследования аутопсийного материала. Для выполнения исследования фрагменты аутоптатов подвергали спиртовой проводке и заливали в парафиновые блоки. Далее из каждого блока делали 3–4 поперечных среза толщиной 5–7 мкм с последующей окраской гематоксилином и эозином.</p><p><bold>Результаты.</bold> Макроскопическое и гистологическое исследования аутоптатов носоглотки от 3 трупов (2 фрагмента от каждого), отобранных методом случайной выборки, показали, что все 6 изучаемых фрагментов по своей структуре соответствуют железистым структурам и имеют в своем составе миоэпителиальные клетки.</p><p><bold>Выводы.</bold> Проведенное морфологическое исследование после аутопсии подтвердило наличие железистой ткани вблизи трубного валика по задней стенке носоглотки, которая относится к слюнным железам.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>head and neck cancer</kwd><kwd>positron emission tomography</kwd><kwd>computed tomography</kwd><kwd>prostate-specific membrane antigen</kwd><kwd>radiotherapy</kwd><kwd>salivary glands</kwd><kwd>tubarial glands</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>рак головы и шеи</kwd><kwd>позитронно-эмиссионная томография</kwd><kwd>компьютерная томография</kwd><kwd>простатспецифический мембранный антиген</kwd><kwd>лучевая терапия</kwd><kwd>слюнные железы</kwd><kwd>тубариальные железы</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Semenov A.V., Gordon K.B., Rozhnov V.A. et al. 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