ISSN:
1573-8221
Keywords:
metabolic injuries
;
somatic muscles
;
polarization microscopy
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract The pathological picture of an acute disorder of cell metabolism caused by dimethylparaphenylenediamine consists of typical focal reactions of striated muscles to injury: myofibril contractures and intracellular myocytolysis. Analysis of the pathological process demonstrates the time course of contracture injuries as a succession of overcontracture (first-third degree contractures) and necrobiotic phases (fourth degree contracture), followed by lump degradation and macrophagal resorption. Two polar types of contractures are clearly differentiated by the size, shape and structural and metabolic characteristics of target fibers: “ribbons“ and ”medallions”. Disappearance of Z strips, disaggregation, disorientation, and fragmentation of myofibrils are typical of intracellular myocytolysis. The observed changes form the morphological basis for acute disease of striated muscles.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02433302
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