Ultrastructural changes associated with peripheral neuropathy in HIV/AIDS.
ULTRASTRUCTURAL PATHOLOGY(2009)
摘要
Light and electron microscopic studies were performed on neuromuscular biopsy specimens from 12 neurologically affected seropositive patients, 7 with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), 2 with AIDS-related complex, and 3 with no symptoms except for neuropathy. All patients had an axonal injury associated or unassociated with demyelination and peripheral neurogenic atrophy. Capillary lesions were consistently present, which seems to be a new finding. Moreover, tubuloreticular inclusions (TRIs) were found in endomysial (9 of 12 cases) and endoneurial (7 of 12 cases) vessels. Statistical analysis showed that TRIs in more than 20% of endomysial vessels correlated with a survival time shorter than 12 months (P = 0.028). Thus the quantification of TRIs seems to be one of the vital prognostic elements in this patient population.
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AIDS,CAPILLARIES,MUSCLE,NERVE,TUBULORETICULAR INCLUSIONS
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