Abstract
The ultrastructure and histology of cholangiocellular carcinomas from feral English sole (Parophyrs vetulus) living in polluted waterways of Puget Sound, WA. are described. Electron microscopy confirmed that biliary epithelial cells were the main proliferative cell type composing this variety of neoplasm. The arrangement of these cells varied from well-organized multiple bile duct-like structures to disorganized multilayered sheets of poorly differentiated biliary epithelial cells. A fibrous stroma consisting of multiple layers of collagen fibers and fibroblasts, with macrophages and various blood cell types scattered among these layers occurred between bile duct-like structures or aggregates of biliary epithelial cells. Hepatocytes were not apparent in these neoplasms except within small necrotic regions surrounded by neoplastic biliary epithelial cells. No virus-like particles were observed among the cases examined in this study.
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