Ultrastructural abnormalities in the skin nerves of a patient with scleredema adultorum (Buschke) and diabetes mellitus.
In an electron-microscopic study of the skin of a patient with scleredema adultorum (Buschke) and diabetes mellitus, the unmyelinated nerve fibres showed accumulations of glycogen. On morphological grounds, these accumulations appeared to be located in the axons.
D001369:Axons / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006003:Glycogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D012592:Scleredema Adultorum / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D012867:Skin / Q000294:innervation* / Q000648:ultrastructure
D006003:Glycogen