[Electronmicroscopic study on the vitreous membrane of the Stickler syndrome].
The vitreous membrane obtained from a patient with Stickler syndrome, an 8 year-old female, was investigated electronmicroscopically. The cells found in the membrane had cilia, microvilli and cytoplasmic filaments. Gap junctions and basement membrane-like structures were also found. Several of the cells had phagosomes containing crystalline materials. Thus, these cells seemed to be glial cells.
Miyashita
K
K
Department of Ophthalmology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa-ken, Japan.
Tokunaga
M
M
Akiyama
K
K
Tani
M
M
Ando
Y
Y
Chin
S
S
Matsuda
H
H
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D002648:Child; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000002:abnormalities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000150:complications; D008566:Membranes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D012162:Retinal Degeneration / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013577:Syndrome; D014821:Vitrectomy; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000648:ultrastructure*