Intestinal Spirochaetosis:A Rare Histopathological Diagnosisand Potential Light Microscopic Pitfall
Authors:
I. Kholová 1; J. Špaček 1; M. Široký 2
Authors‘ workplace:
Fingerland Department of Pathology and 2Clinical Centre, 2nd Department of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty Hospital in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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Published in:
Čes.-slov. Patol., , 2004, No. 3, p. 117-120
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Overview
A case of intestinal spirochaetosis is described. Endoscopic specimens of a 52-year-old femalerevealed a blue basophilic margin of mucosal surface in haematoxylin-eosin stained sections.However, on ultrastructural level, moderate infestation of enterocytic brush border with spirochaeteswas found. The pitfalls of histopathological diagnosis of spirochaetosis are discussed.
Klíčová slova:
intestinal spirochaetosis – spirochaetes – endobiopsy – electron microscopy
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Czecho-Slovak Pathology
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