Table 3.
Frequency of Lewy pathology in each nerve fiber area of the gastrointestinal and biliary surgical specimens
| Patient No. | Total number of blocks | Number of blocks having Lewy pathology/Total number of blocks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Meissner’s plexuses | Auerbach’s plexuses | Subserosal nerve fascicles | Total | ||
| 1 | 6 | 6/6 (100%) | 6/6 (100%) | 6/6 (100%) | 6/6 (100%) |
| 2 | 2 | * | * | 1/2 (50%) | 1/2 (50%) |
| 3 | 13 | 11/13 (85%) | 13/13 (100%) | 7/13 (54%) | 13/13 (100%) |
| 4 | 21 | † | 8/21 (38%) | 10/21 (48%) | 13/21 (62%) |
| 5 | 8 | 3/8 (38%) | 5/8 (63%) | 3/8 (38%) | 5/8 (63%) |
| 6 | 10 | 4/10 (40%) | 10/10 (100%) | 7/10 (70%) | 10/10 (100%) |
| Total | 60 | 24/37*,† (65%) | 42/58* (72%) | 34/60 (57%) | 48/60 (80%) |
*
Meissner’s and Auerbach’s plexuses were absent in the gallbladder in patient 2.
†
Meissner’s plexuses were not identified in the terminal ileum to sigmoid colon in patient 4 because of severe submucosal ischemia with inflammatory cells infiltration.