Membranous bodies in the myelin sheath of Schwann cells.
Electron microscopy of muscle biopsies of patients with paralytic scoliosis and tuberculosis of spines reveals membranous bodies in the myelin sheath of Schwann cells. On the basis of this morphological pattern and indirect biochemical evidence, it is suggested that these bodies were formed by abnormal myelin metabolism.
D006801:Humans; D008566:Membranes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009186:Myelin Sheath / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D012583:Schwann Cells / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000473:pathology*; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000473:pathology*