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. 2004 Nov;53(11):1583–1589. doi: 10.1136/gut.2003.037275

Table 3.

 Other histopathological abnormalities in 115 patients with chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIIP) in comparison with α-actin deficiency

α-Actin deficiency 28 (24%)
Neuropathic
    Degenerative neuropathy 20 (17%)
    Inflammatory plexitis 20 (17%)
    Lymphocytic ganglionitis 13 (11%)
Myopathic
    Degenerative leiomyopathy 16 (14%)
    Vacuolar myopathy 7 (6%)
    Hollow visceral myopathy 4 (3%)
    Inclusion body myopathy 4 (3%)
    Inflammatory leiomyositis 1 (1%)
Interstitial cell abnormalities
    Decreased number ICCs 2 (15%)*

ICCs, interstitial cells of Cajal.

*From n = 13: recent Swedish series only. Less marked alterations were also noted in other patients, including focal decreases in ICC number around ganglia and hyperplasia/hypertrophy.