The ultrastructure of mycobacterium marinum granuloma in man
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Archives of Dermatological Research
- Vol. 262 (2) , 205-217
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00455392
Abstract
3 biopsies of 3–5 week-old nodular lesions in 2 patients with socalled swimming-pool (aquarium-) granuloma have been examined by electron microscopy. The cytohistological spectrum simultaneously comprises acute exudative as well as chronic proliferative phenomena. Epithelioid cells and collagen producing fibroblasts already conspicious in 3 week-old granuloma. According to the cytological composition the Mycobacterium marinum granuloma represents a high-turnover granuloma with immunogenic origin. It is comparable to mycobacterial diseases in the presence of well developed cell mediated immunity (Lupus vulgaris, tuberculoid leprosy). Degrading mycobacteria have been rarely detected in phagocytes and are compared with viable bacilli in macrophages of experimentally infected mice. Curved and annular parallel membranes (“worm-like structures”) in the cytoplasm of transformed macrophages and in fibroblasts presumably originate from the membranes of endoplasmic reticulum. Cord-like structures with transverse bands (periodicity 170–180 Å) in the lumen of RER of some fibroblasts are interpreted as intracellularly aggregated collagen precursors. Drei Knoten (klinisches Alter 3–5 Wochen) von 2 Patienten mit sogenannten Swimmingpool- oder Aquariumgranulomen wurden elektronenoptisch untersucht. Das cytohistologische Spektrum umfaßt sowohl akute exsudative, als auch chronische proliferative Entzündungszeichen. Bereits im 3 Wochen alten Granulom sind Epitheloidzellen und Kollagen produzierende Fibroblasten nachweisbar. Das Mycobacterium marinum-Granulom stellt gemäß dem cytologischen Aufbau ein sog. High-turnover Granulom mit allergischer Genese dar. Es entspricht damit mycobacteriellen Dermatosen bei bestehender guter Abwehrlage (Lupus vulgaris, tuberkuloide Lepra). In Abbau befindliche Mycobacterien konnten in wenigen Phagocyten entdeckt werden. Die Ultrastruktur des lebenden Erregers wird vergleichsweise von tierexperimentellem Material präsentiert. Geschwungene und ringförmige parallele Membranen (“Worm-like structures”) wurden im Cytoplasma von transformierten Makrophagen und in Fibroblasten beobachtet. Fadenförmige quergebänderte Strukturen (Periodizität 170–180 Å) im Lumen des rauhen endoplasmatischen Reticulums von einigen Fibroblasten werden als intracellulär aggregierte Kollagenpräcursoren interpretiert.This publication has 42 references indexed in Scilit:
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