Submucosal hypoganglionosis causing chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction.
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ABSTRACT
A 39-year-old woman presented with recurrent symptoms suggestive of intestinal obstruction. She was put on total parenteral nutrition (TPN) and consequently developed sepsis and endocarditis. TPN was stopped and a venting enterostomy was performed. Biopsies of mucosa and submucosa were taken at surgery; immunohistochemistry for neuronal proteins, protein gene product 9.5 (PGP 9.5) and the glial S-100-protein was done. Many enlarged nerve fiber strands were found in the submucosa. Few small ganglia containing a small number of nerve cells could be observed, suggesting hypoganglionosis. This patient with chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudoobstruction of neurogenic type had a defect in the submucous plexus, whereas visceral neuropathies are usually characterized by defects of the myenteric plexus with normal submucous plexus.
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Asunto principal:
Plexo Submucoso
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Seudoobstrucción Intestinal
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Enfermedad Crónica
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Adulto
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Enfermedad de Hirschsprung
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Inglés
Año:
2002
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