Intestinal spirochaetosis: a rare histopathological diagnosis and potential light microscopic pitfall.
A case of intestinal spirochaetosis is described. Endoscopic specimens of a 52-year-old female revealed a blue basophilic margin of mucosal surface in haematoxylin-eosin stained sections. However, on ultrastructural level, moderate infestation of enterocytic brush border with spirochaetes was found. The pitfalls of histopathological diagnosis of spirochaetosis are discussed.
Kholová
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Fingerland Department of Pathology, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty Hospital in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. ivana.kholova@uku.fi
Spacek
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J
Siroký
M
M
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D013145:Spirochaetales Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*