Gallbladder neuron count in cholelithiasis patients with and without Chagas disease

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Eduardo Crema¹  Lara Beatriz Prata Ribeiro¹  Sheila Jorge Adad¹  Renata Margarida Ectchebehere¹  Aiodair Martins Júnior¹  Alex Augusto Silva¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal do Triângulo MineiroUberaba MG ,Brasil

关键词: Chagas disease;    Gallbladder;    Cholelithiasis;    Neuron count;    Doença de Chagas;    Vesícula biliar;    Colelitíase;    Contagem neuronal;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0037-86822007000100003

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Various investigators agree that the incidence of cholelithiasis is greater in patients with Chagas disease. The most plausible explanation for this is based on the parasympathetic denervation that occurs over the whole digestive tract due to Chagas disease. In order to analyze the occurrence of this alteration, gallbladder neuron counts were performed on cholelithiasis patients with and without Chagas disease who were being treated at the Department of Digestive Surgery, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, Brazil. In the present study, a notable reduction in the number of neurons in the gallbladder wall was observed in Chagas patients, in comparison with non-Chagas subjects.

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