[Periventricular fatty metamorphosis in neuroglia--a morphologic substrate in SIDS].
In 7 of 15 cases of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), distinct periventricular fatty metamorphosis of the neuroglia could be demonstrated by a histological staining technique. None of the six children (under 1 year of age) used as a control group whose cause of death was not SIDS showed this morphological change. Thin-layer chromatographic analysis of the lipids accumulated in the glial cells in SIDS established a high amount of esterified cholesterol whereas the content of esterified cholesterol in the control group was low. We presume that fatty metamorphosis of the neuroglia represents the morphological substrate of a metabolic disorder of the sensitive, immature glia of the periventricular white cerebral matter caused by various kinds of damage.
D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000473:pathology*; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000473:pathology; D004805:Ependyma / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007969:Leukomalacia, Periventricular / Q000473:pathology; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000473:pathology*; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000473:pathology*
Periventrikuläre fettige Metamorphose der Neuroglia--Ein morphologisches Substrat beim SIDS.