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Intestinal spirochaetosis: an electron microscopic study of an unusual case
Author(s) -
ANTONAKOPOULOS G.,
NEWMAN J.,
WILKINSON M.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
histopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.626
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1365-2559
pISSN - 0309-0167
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2559.1982.tb02744.x
Subject(s) - spirochaete , lamina propria , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , pathology , ankylosing spondylitis , cytoplasm , rectum , medicine , epithelium , immunology , bacteria , gastroenterology , genetics
An unusual case of intestinal spirochaetosis is described. The rectum of a 34‐year‐old male, suffering from Crohn's disease and ankylosing spondylitis, was heavily infested by spirochaetes. Both absorptive and goblet cells were colonized. Spiro‐chaetes were found not only on the luminal surface of these cells, but also within the cytoplasm, in occasional macrophages within the lamina propria and, even more surprisingly, within the occasional Schwann cell. The significance of these findings is discussed.