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  • Title: Structure of mucosa in continent ileal reservoirs 15 to 19 years after construction.
    Author: Helander KG, Ahren C, Philipson BM, Samuelsson BM, Ojerskog B.
    Journal: Hum Pathol; 1990 Dec; 21(12):1235-8. PubMed ID: 2249837.
    Abstract:
    Mucosa biopsy specimens were obtained from 12 patients with continent ileostomy reservoirs constructed 15 to 19 years previously. Biopsies from normal ileal mucosa, taken from six other patients with no apparent bowel disease, served as controls. The specimens were processed for light and electron microscopy. The reservoir mucosae showed an increased amount of inflammatory cells, but there were no signs of dysplasia. In the goblet cells, sialomucins dominated over sulfomucins; in this respect no difference was found between reservoirs and controls. Morphometric studies showed an increase of mucus-storing goblet cells in the reservoir mucosae, both with regard to relative number and to volume density. The mitotic index was higher than normal in the reservoirs, but the relative number of the Paneth cells and the height of the villus epithelial cells were similar in the reservoirs and the controls. In the reservoirs, the surface amplification factors due to villi and to microvilli (near the villus tips) were reduced by some 29% and 20%, respectively, indicating villus hypotrophy. It is concluded that only minor morphologic changes appear in the ileal reservoir mucosa 15 to 19 years after construction. Morphometry provides a sensitive tool to demonstrate such changes in intestinal morphology.
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