OBJECTIVE: Recently, an orally transmitted outbreak of Chagas disease was reported in Santa Catarina, Brazil, after ingestion of sugar cane juice (garapa). This disease is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, a parasite that stimulates the development of chronic inflammatory response, characterized by fibrous connective tissue neoformation (fibrosis). As the density of tissue mast cells (MC) may be an index of fibroblast proliferation and development of local fibrosis, the purpose of this autopsy study was to quantify the fibrosis rate and the number of MC in the tongues of chronic chagasic (CC) patients, compared with a non-chagasic (NC) control group. METHODOLOGY: Twenty-four evaluations, with a quantitative assessment of fibrosis percentage and MC density were performed. RESULTS: The percentage of fibrosis in the tongue was higher among CC than in the control group. In the CC group, a positive and significant correlation was found when the fibrosis rate was compared with the MC density. CONCLUSIONS: These morphometric findings suggest that tongue biopsy may be useful to study specific changes associated with Chagas disease. They also suggest that the systematic analysis of oral cavity, including tongue histopathology changes, could be useful in forensic pathology of the orally acquired chronic Chagas disease.
OBJECTIVE: Recently, an orally transmitted outbreak of Chagas disease was reported in Santa Catarina, Brazil, after ingestion of sugar cane juice (garapa). This disease is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, a parasite that stimulates the development of chronic inflammatory response, characterized by fibrous connective tissue neoformation (fibrosis). As the density of tissue mast cells (MC) may be an index of fibroblast proliferation and development of local fibrosis, the purpose of this autopsy study was to quantify the fibrosis rate and the number of MC in the tongues of chronic chagasic (CC) patients, compared with a non-chagasic (NC) control group. METHODOLOGY: Twenty-four evaluations, with a quantitative assessment of fibrosis percentage and MC density were performed. RESULTS: The percentage of fibrosis in the tongue was higher among CC than in the control group. In the CC group, a positive and significant correlation was found when the fibrosis rate was compared with the MC density. CONCLUSIONS: These morphometric findings suggest that tongue biopsy may be useful to study specific changes associated with Chagas disease. They also suggest that the systematic analysis of oral cavity, including tongue histopathology changes, could be useful in forensic pathology of the orally acquired chronic Chagas disease.
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