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Are there different vascular pathologies in non-hereditary neuropathies of axonal type?
Diagnostic Pathology volume 2, Article number: S19 (2007)
Aims
This study refers to the problem of the etiological heterogenity of primary axonal neuropathies, which appear in a relatively monotonous morphology. Investigations of the vascular parenchyma of peripheral nerve biopsies were carried out to determine possible specific vascular pathomorphological features in context of each patient's medical history.
Methods
Sural nerve biopsies of the last 3 years in our institute were studied (n = 76). Cases with primary axonal neuropathic changes were investigated with regard to the vascular pathology of epi- and endoneural vessels. Conventional histology, immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy were performed and a semiquantitative analysis of number, distribution and thickness of vessels and cellular proliferation is given.
Results
In our examination of the nerve parenchymal vessels, four groups with common patterns of vasopathic lesions could be subdivided: 1) primary endoneural microangiopathic type; 2) primary endo- and epineural angiopathic type with involvement of small arteries and heterogenous distribution of axonal atrophy; 3) subtype with fibromuscluar dysplastic-like features; 4) secondary concentric stenosing type of endo- and epineural vessels after inflammatory or demyelinating diseases.
Conclusion
In view of the uniform morphological appearance of the peripheral nervous parenchyma in cases of axonal neuropathy the precise examination of the vasculature can help in elucidating the etiopathogenesis of the underlying disease. To achieve the best clinicopathological correlation full access to all clinical data is an urgent condition.
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Mueller, K., Nagel, A. & Volk, B. Are there different vascular pathologies in non-hereditary neuropathies of axonal type?. Diagn Pathol 2 (Suppl 1), S19 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-1596-2-S1-S19
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-1596-2-S1-S19
Keywords
- Demyelinating Disease
- Vascular Pathology
- Nerve Biopsy
- Axonal Neuropathy
- Sural Nerve Biopsy