The effect of central electroanalgesia on the structural changes in the nerve fibers of patients with atopic dermatitis
Delektorskiĭ, V.V.; Bragina, E.E.; Makhmudov, F.R.
Vestnik Dermatologii i Venerologii 11: 29-31
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4609 PMID: 2288149 Document Number: 353538
Nerve fibers ultrastructure in dermal papillary layer from foci of involvement was examined in atopic dermatitis patients before and after therapy with central electroanalgesia. Before therapy considerable destructive changes in nerve fibers were seen, i. e. Schwann cell cytoplasm and nerve cell appendages edemas, no neural tubes in the appendages. A course of treatment resulted in clinical improvement and appearance of small-diameter appendages of nerve cells on the periphery of nerve fibers that were often not completely covered with Schwann cell appendages. Parallel neural tubes were seen in these appendages. The authors suppose that appearance of nerve cell appendages with neural tubes is a morphologic manifestation of nerve fibers regeneration processes after treatment.