Kumar V, Narayanan R B, Malaviya G N
Central JALMA Institute for Leprosy, Tajganj, Agra.
Indian J Lepr. 1992 Jan-Mar;64(1):81-7.
An ultrastructural study of peripheral nerves in leprosy patients was carried out of ascertain the changes in Schwann cells containing myelinated and nonmyelinated axons. Axonal multiplication was noticed in nonmyelinated axons in specimens from both tuberculoid and lepromatous leprosy. The Schwann cells in tuberculoid nerves were devoid of M. leprae in contrast to those in lepromatous nerves in which large number of bacilli were seen. These observations suggest that the Schwann cells containing nonmyelinated axons may be affected more frequently in either type of leprosy.
对麻风病患者的周围神经进行了超微结构研究,以确定含有有髓和无髓轴突的施万细胞的变化。在结核样型和瘤型麻风病标本的无髓轴突中均发现了轴突增殖。与瘤型神经中可见大量麻风杆菌的施万细胞不同,结核样型神经中的施万细胞不含麻风杆菌。这些观察结果表明,在任何一种类型的麻风病中,含有无髓轴突的施万细胞可能更频繁地受到影响。