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  • Title: Mesothelial paracrystalline inclusions in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients.
    Author: Stojimirovic BB, Obradovic MM, Trpinac DP, Milutinovic DD, Obradovic DI, Nesic VB.
    Journal: Perit Dial Int; 2001; 21 Suppl 3():S54-7. PubMed ID: 11887864.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: Uremia is known to be followed by changes in the serous membranes of pleura, pericardium, and peritoneum. During continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD), the peritoneum is exposed to altered body conditions as well as to the influence of dialysate. The aim of the present study was to examine the ultrastructure of the mesothelial cells in CAPD patients, and to compare the findings with those from studies of the peritoneum in uremic controls. Paracrystalline intracytoplasmic inclusions in mesothelial cells were objects of special interest. METHODS: Biopsies of human parietal peritoneum were studied. These were taken from 12 uremic patients during catheter implantation before the start of CAPD, and from 7 CAPD patients during catheter removal for infection or malfunction. The samples were prepared in the standard way to be studied by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). RESULTS: Paracrystalline intracytoplasmic inclusions were seen in mesothelial cells only by TEM. They appear as filamentous structures at the outer part of the inclusions, and as pearl-like structures at the core of the inclusions. Sacculate dilatations of rough endoplasmic reticulum cisternae with partly destroyed membranes and only few ribosomes were also seen, with and without densely osmiophilic filaments within the cisternae. We have found paracrystalline intracytoplasmic inclusions in mesothelial cells from uremic and CAPD patients both. According to the literature, these changes are present in one third of biopsies from uremic patients. Until now, however, they have not been mentioned in CAPD patients.
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