[Polyneuritis in chronic lymphoid leukemia. Ultrastructural study of the peripheral nerve (author's transl)]

Acta Neuropathol. 1975 Aug 11;32(2):169-72. doi: 10.1007/BF00689571.
[Article in French]

Abstract

A 75 years old man had a chronic lymphoid leukemia for 5 years. Within a period of three months he developed a polyneuritis. The biopsy of a peripheral nerve showed a large cellular infiltration by lymphocytes. The ultrastructural study shows in some Schwann cells disruption of the myelin. Their cytoplasm is invaded by a lymphocyte process as in Guillain-Barré. But in this case some of these invading lymphocytes show polygonal structures in their cytoplasm; that is sometimes seen in the proliferating cells of the chronic lymphoid leukemia.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Lymphoid / complications*
  • Lymphocytes / ultrastructure
  • Male
  • Myelin Sheath / ultrastructure
  • Peripheral Nerves / ultrastructure*
  • Polyneuropathies / etiology
  • Polyneuropathies / pathology*
  • Schwann Cells / ultrastructure