KOEBERLE F
Gut. 1963 Dec;4(4):399-405. doi: 10.1136/gut.4.4.399.
Chagas disease due to a trypanosome infection may lead to extensive destruction of ganglion cells in the peripheral autonomic system and may result in gross enlargement of the oesophagus, colon, and heart. From studies on nerve cell counts it is concluded that the number of ganglion cells in the oesophagus must be reduced to less than half to produce functional disturbances in the oesophagus and to one tenth to produce a megaoesophagus. Problems of terminology are discussed.
由锥虫感染引起的恰加斯病可能导致外周自主神经系统中神经节细胞的广泛破坏,并可能导致食管、结肠和心脏明显肿大。从神经细胞计数研究得出的结论是,食管中神经节细胞的数量必须减少到不到一半才会在食管中产生功能障碍,减少到十分之一才会导致巨食管。文中讨论了术语问题。