作者用形态和组织化学方法检查了60例死于不同部位癌症的病人松果体。14例属癌肿Ⅱ期,18例Ⅲ期、28例Ⅳ期。以100例死于非肿瘤性疾病的病人松果体作为对照。大多数病人死于夜间2～6点。摘取松果体的时间均在冬季,且不迟于死后12小时。检查发现,在大部分年龄组癌症病人松果体的平均重量均减低,但在70岁以后重量增加.组织学检查首先见到进行性血管床硬化,40～49岁病人组特别明 The authors examined morphological and histochemical methods in 60 patients who died of cancer in different parts of the pineal body. In 14 cases, the tumor was in stage II, 18 in stage III, and 28 in stage IV. The pineal body of 100 patients who died of non-neoplastic disease was used as a control. Most patients died at 2-6 in the night. The time for pineal body removal was in winter and not later than 12 hours after death. The examination found that the average weight of the pineal gland was reduced in most age group cancer patients, but the weight increased after the age of 70. Histological examination first seen progressive vascular bed hardening, the 40-49-year-old patient group was particularly clear