Morphological aspects of diaphragm dysfunction in COVID-19-associated pneumonia

OBJECTIVE: To assess morphological changes in the diaphragm and phrenic nerve in patients who died from COVID-19.

MATERIAL AND METHODS: In a case-control study, an analysis was made of autopsy material of the diaphragm and phrenic nerve of those who died from COVID-19 infection complicated by SARS-CoV-2-associated pneumonia, confirmed in vivo by the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA (Group 1, n=12), and those who died with a diagnosis of acute cerebrovascular accident of the ischemic type without parenchymal respiratory failure (Group 2, n=3).

RESULTS: The main histopathological features in the diaphragm of the 1st group were the edema of the pericellular spaces of muscle fibers, edema of perivascular spaces, diapedese hemorrhages, plethora in arteriolas, in most veins and capillaries, red blood clots were revealed; in the diaphragmatic nerve - swelling of the perineral space, severe edema around the nerve fibers inside the nerve trunk. In the diaphragm of group 2, edema of pericellular spaces of muscle fibers and edema of perivascular spaces were less pronounced (p<0.001), hemorrhages were not determined; in the diaphragmatic nerve, moderate edema of the perineral space, mild swelling inside the nerve trunk around the nerve fibers was revealed (p<0.001). The glycogen content in the muscle cells of group 1 is significantly lower compared to group 2 (p<0.001).

CONCLUSION: The study confirms the characteristic pathological picture of organ damage in COVID-19. However, the leading pathological mechanism of organ damage requires further investigation.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:85

Enthalten in:

Arkhiv patologii - 85(2023), 3 vom: 05., Seite 19-22

Sprache:

Russisch

Weiterer Titel:

Morfologicheskie aspekty disfunktsii diafragmy pri COVID-19-assotsiirovannoi pnevmonii

Beteiligte Personen:

Yakovlev, A Yu [VerfasserIn]
Pevnev, A A [VerfasserIn]
Nikolskiy, V O [VerfasserIn]
Smorkalov, A Yu [VerfasserIn]
Maksimychev, V N [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Complication
Diaphragm
Diaphragm dysfunction
English Abstract
Journal Article
Novel coronavirus infection
RNA, Viral
SARS-CoV-2

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 06.06.2023

Date Revised 06.06.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.17116/patol20238503119

funding:

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM357744594