Yi Li1, Yuanyuan Ge1, Jianfeng Gong1, Weiming Zhu2, Lei Cao1, Zhen Guo1, Lili Gu1, Jieshou Li1. 1. Department of General Surgery, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, No. 305 East Zhongshan Road, Nanjing, 210002, People's Republic of China. 2. Department of General Surgery, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, No. 305 East Zhongshan Road, Nanjing, 210002, People's Republic of China. juwiming@nju.edu.cn.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The aims of the present study were to examine the density of lymphatic vessels in the mesentery and to assess the predictive value of the mesenteric lymphatic vessel density for postoperative clinical recurrence. METHODS: Ileocolonic resection specimens were obtained from 53 patients with Crohn's disease and 10 non-inflammatory bowel disease control subjects. Mesentery adipose tissues adjacent to the bowel wall were used for the histological quantification of lymphatic vessels using immunohistochemistry with the D2-40 antibody. The relationships between lymphatic vessel density and disease behavior, the presence of granulomas, the presence of creeping fat, and postoperative clinical recurrence were assessed. RESULTS: Median lymphatic vessel density in the mesentery adjacent to inflamed or non-inflamed intestine was lower in control subjects than in Crohn's disease patients (2.13‰; interquartile range [IQR], 1.83-2.61; 8.34‰; IQR, 6.39-10.22; 4.43‰; IQR, 3.32-5.78; P ˂ 0.001). Increased mesenteric lymphatic vessel density was significantly associated with stricturing behavior, the presence of intestinal granulomas, the presence of creeping fat, and bowel thickness. Interestingly, patients with disease recurrence had an increased mesenteric lymphatic vessel density of the proximal mesenteric margin at the time of resection compared with those who did not have disease recurrence (6.23‰; IQR, 5.43-6.75 vs. 3.28‰; IQR, 2.93-4.29; P ˂ 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: In addition to its correlation with disease behavior, bowel thickness, and the presence of intestinal granulomas and creeping fat, increased mesenteric lymphatic vessel density in the proximal margin is predictive of early clinical recurrence after surgery in patients with Crohn's disease.
PURPOSE: The aims of the present study were to examine the density of lymphatic vessels in the mesentery and to assess the predictive value of the mesenteric lymphatic vessel density for postoperative clinical recurrence. METHODS: Ileocolonic resection specimens were obtained from 53 patients with Crohn's disease and 10 non-inflammatory bowel disease control subjects. Mesentery adipose tissues adjacent to the bowel wall were used for the histological quantification of lymphatic vessels using immunohistochemistry with the D2-40 antibody. The relationships between lymphatic vessel density and disease behavior, the presence of granulomas, the presence of creeping fat, and postoperative clinical recurrence were assessed. RESULTS: Median lymphatic vessel density in the mesentery adjacent to inflamed or non-inflamed intestine was lower in control subjects than in Crohn's diseasepatients (2.13‰; interquartile range [IQR], 1.83-2.61; 8.34‰; IQR, 6.39-10.22; 4.43‰; IQR, 3.32-5.78; P ˂ 0.001). Increased mesenteric lymphatic vessel density was significantly associated with stricturing behavior, the presence of intestinal granulomas, the presence of creeping fat, and bowel thickness. Interestingly, patients with disease recurrence had an increased mesenteric lymphatic vessel density of the proximal mesenteric margin at the time of resection compared with those who did not have disease recurrence (6.23‰; IQR, 5.43-6.75 vs. 3.28‰; IQR, 2.93-4.29; P ˂ 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: In addition to its correlation with disease behavior, bowel thickness, and the presence of intestinal granulomas and creeping fat, increased mesenteric lymphatic vessel density in the proximal margin is predictive of early clinical recurrence after surgery in patients with Crohn's disease.
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