Rattan bamboo blind (Japanese sudare)-like profiles of neurofibrillary tangles in Alzheimer's disease.
An unusual ultrastructure for neurofibrillary tangles, which has not been described so far, is presented in a case of Alzheimer's disease. This profile consists of parallelly arranged paired helical filaments and criss-cross tubular profiles that are arranged at regular interval of 300-500 nm, resembling rattan bamboo blind or Japanese sudare-like profiles. Coexistence of Hirano bodies in the same neuron is infrequently encountered.
Inoue
M
M
Division of Pathology, Kanagawa Rehabilitation Center, Japan.
Yagishita
S
S
Itoh
Y
Y
Amano
N
N
Matsushita
M
M
D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008875:Middle Aged; D016874:Neurofibrillary Tangles / Q000473:pathology*