THE PATHOGENESIS OF CLUB FOOT - A HISTOMORPHOMETRIC AND IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL STUDY OF FETUSES
THE PATHOGENESIS OF CLUB FOOT - A HISTOMORPHOMETRIC AND IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL STUDY OF FETUSES
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DOI:
10.1302/0301-620x.76b3.8175852
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发表时间:
1994-05-01
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UHTHOFF, HK
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作者:
FUKUHARA, K;SCHOLLMEIER, G;UHTHOFF, HK
We studied 16 club feet and 27 normal feet from spontaneously aborted human fetuses in the second trimester of gestation and measured the length of the spring ligament, and the declination angle and size of the talus. We also studied the cellular characteristics of the spring ligament and the immunohistochemical features of the medial ankle ligaments using monoclonal antibodies against type-HI collagen, desmin, vimentin, and smooth muscle actin.Histomorphometric results indicated that the talar deformity was not the primary lesion. Histological and immunohistochemical findings showed that the cells and collagen fibres of the medial ankle ligaments of club feet appeared to be the site of the earliest changes, in that they had lost their spatial orientation and had contracted. In severe club feet before the third trimester of gestation, myofibroblast-like cells seemed to create a disorder of the ligaments resembling fibromatosis. This led to contraction and resulted in typical club-foot deformity.