liu.seSearch for publications in DiVA
Change search
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • oxford
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf
Duodenal intraepithelial lymphocyte-count revisited
Linköping University, Faculty of Health Sciences. Linköping University, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Experimental Pathology . Östergötlands Läns Landsting, Centre for Laboratory Medicine, Department of Clinical Pathology and Clinical Genetics.
Linköping University, Faculty of Health Sciences. Linköping University, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Surgery . Östergötlands Läns Landsting, Centre of Surgery and Oncology, Department of Surgery in Östergötland.
2004 (English)In: Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, ISSN 0036-5521, E-ISSN 1502-7708, Vol. 39, no 2, p. 138-144Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Background: The number of intraepithelial lymphocytes in the duodenum was determined 30 years ago, the suggested normal upper limit being 40 lymphocytes per 100 epithelial cells. Methods: Duodenal mucosa was analysed from 18 healthy individuals and 56 consecutive patients biopsied because of epigastralgia (17 cases), diarrhoea (10 cases), oesophagitis (10 cases), iron-deficiency (9 cases) and B12-deficiency (10 cases) showing normal histology, along with 10 cases of active coeliac disease. The biopsies were fixed in 4% formalin overnight and embedded in paraffin. Three micrometre thick sections were stained with haematoxylin and eosin and CD3. At least 300 epithelial cells were counted, the number of intraepithelial lymphocytes was given as the mean/100 epithelial cells. Extensive statistical analyses were performed. Results: In the healthy individuals the mean number (s) of intraepithelial lymphocytes/100 epithelial cells was 10.8 (2.6) and 13.2 (3.8) in H&E and CD3 stained sections, respectively. The upper limit of the confidence interval for CD3 staining was 29. There was no significant difference between normal individuals and the clinical groups, with the exception of coeliac disease. Conclusion: Two-step analysis of intraepithelial lymphocyte-determination is suggested: (a) semi-quantitative estimate on H&E-stained sections (normal ratio of 1:5 between lymphocytes and enterocytes, upper normal limit 20 lymphocytes) and (b) CD3-staining and counting if intraepithelial lymphocytosis is suspected. The upper normal range of intraepithelial lymphocytes is set at 25 CD3+ lymphocytes/100 epithelial cells. Values between 25 and 29 are regarded as 'borderline' and 30 or more represent pathologic intraepithelial lymphocytosis in the duodenum.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2004. Vol. 39, no 2, p. 138-144
Keywords [en]
duodenum, immunohistochemistry, intraepithelial lymphocytes
National Category
Medical and Health Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-46278DOI: 10.1080/00365520310007675OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-46278DiVA, id: diva2:267174
Available from: 2009-10-11 Created: 2009-10-11 Last updated: 2017-12-13

Open Access in DiVA

No full text in DiVA

Other links

Publisher's full text

Authority records

Franzén, LennartBorch, Kurt

Search in DiVA

By author/editor
Franzén, LennartBorch, Kurt
By organisation
Faculty of Health SciencesExperimental Pathology Department of Clinical Pathology and Clinical GeneticsSurgery Department of Surgery in Östergötland
In the same journal
Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology
Medical and Health Sciences

Search outside of DiVA

GoogleGoogle Scholar

doi
urn-nbn

Altmetric score

doi
urn-nbn
Total: 74 hits
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • oxford
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf