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    Estudio histopatol贸gico comparativo del nervio fr茅nico proveniente de cad谩veres con enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva cr贸nica y sin esta condici贸n: Comparative histopathological study of the phrenic nerve from corpses with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and without this condition

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    Introduction: Functional changes resulting from the evolution of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are progressive and irreversible, causing increased diaphragm work due to pulmonary hyperinflation and airway obstruction. Phrenic nerves have promoted innervation of the diaphragm and may have been compromised in COPD condition. Objective: To compare the morphology of the phrenic nerves of the cadavers with COPD and without COPD by optical microscopy. Materials and methods: An exploratory descriptive studio conducted on the Death Verification Service in Alagoas. Pulmonary and phrenic nerve biopsies will be bilaterally taken from the cadavers after a necropsy with the diagnosis of COPD. Tissue samples were fixed and processed by conventional histology for hematoxylin-eosin (HE) histological slides. Biopsies are divided into experimental groups, one composed by patients with COPD and the other with patients without COPD (control - CTR). This classification was realized after the histological analysis, when typical halls of COPD were found. Histological slides were analyzed by optical microscopy by a pathologist, who was able to assess the study. Results: According to the inclusion and exclusion criteria of the study, if it includes 38 cadavers in the initial evaluation, of which 31 are included in the COPD group and 7 in the CTR group. In the analysis of the phrenic nerves, 8 cadavers, 25.8%, of the COPD group had histopathological changes: perineural edema (75%, n=6), nervous atrophy (12.5%, n=1) and perineural eosinophilic infiltrate (12.5%, n=1). The CTR group does not present histopathological alterations of the phrenic nerves. Conclusions: Given the hallmarks of the biopsies performed on the phrenic nerves of the corpses with COPD, we can infer that there is a tendency for nerve alteration, with perineural edema, to be the major modification found.Introducci贸n: Los cambios funcionales resultantes de la evoluci贸n de la enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva cr贸nica (EPOC) son progresivos e irreversibles, lo que provoca un aumento del trabajo del diafragma debido a la hiperinflaci贸n. Los nervios fr茅nicos promueven la inervaci贸n del diafragma y pueden verse comprometidos en la condici贸n de EPOC. Objetivo: Comparar la morfolog铆a de los nervios fr茅nicos de los cad谩veres con y sin EPOC, mediante microscop铆a 贸ptica. El Estudio: Estudio descriptivo en el que las muestras de los pulmones y los nervios fr茅nicos bilateralmente de los cad谩veres con y sin diagn贸stico de EPOC. Las muestras de tejido fueron fijadas y procesaron por histolog铆a convencional para laminas histol贸gicas te帽idas con hematoxilina-eosina. Las muestras fueron compuestas por pacientes con EPOC (EPOC) y sin EPOC (CTR). Esta clasificaci贸n se realiz贸 despu茅s del an谩lisis histol贸gico. Las l谩minas histol贸gicas se analizaron mediante microscop铆a 贸ptica por un pat贸logo, que fue un evaluador que no conoc铆a datos del estudio. Resultados: De acuerdo con los criterios de inclusi贸n del estudio, se incluyeron 31 cad谩veres en el grupo de EPOC y 7 cad谩veres en el grupo CTR. En el an谩lisis de los nervios fr茅nicos, 8 cad谩veres, es decir, 25.8%, del grupo de EPOC tuvieron cambios histopatol贸gicos: edema perineural (75%, n=6), atrofia nerviosa (12.5%, n=1) e infiltrado eosinof铆lico perineural (12.5%, n=1). Conclusiones: Los nervios fr茅nicos de los cad谩veres con EPOC tienen tendencia a alteraciones histopatol贸gicas, siendo el edema perineural la principal modificaci贸n encontrada
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