Smooth Muscle Changes in Varicose Veins : An Ultrastructural Study

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概要

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• In order to understand the pathology of varicose veins, we prospectively collected a total of 23 vein specimens both from the normal proximal thigh long saphenous vein (LSV) in 3 young trauma patients and from the unstripped proximal LSV near the sapheno-femoral junction and the distal calf blowouts in 10 primary varicose veins patients. Ultra-thin sections were examined under the transmission electron microscope (TEM). Compared with the normal control LSV, varicose vein sections showed increase in the diameter of the lumen, hypertrophy of the wall and elongation and invagination of the intima. Smooth muscle cells (SMCS) lost their normal fusiform shape and were widely separated by increased amounts of extra-cellular collagen fibers. The cells underwent marked degeneration, vacuolization and disintegration into fiber-like material and small separated fragments. SMCs were seen in the subintimal tissue and some of them were lost into tile lumen. SMCs also showed marked phagocytic activity, engulfing not only collagen and elastic fibers, but also other smooth muscle cells. Although these changes were more marked and advanced in the distal calf blowouts, they were also present in the proximal, clinically non-dilated LSV. In conclusion, SMCs of varicose veins show severe degeneration in both the distal calf blowouts and the proximal, clinically non-varicose LSV. It appears that they both form and phagocytose collagen and elastic fibers and play a major role in the pathogenesis of varicose veins.

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著者

• Eid Refaat

  Pathology College Of Medicine And Medical Sciences King Khalid University

• Wali Mahmoud

  Department Of Surgery Aseer Central Hospital And College Of Medicine King Khalid University

• Wali Mahmoud

  Departments Of Surgery

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