Cytomorphological characteristics of the Nasopharyngeal zone
Mucosa in children with Covid-19
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SHEI «UZHHOROD NATIONAL UNIVERSITY» UZHHOROD, UKRAINE
Publication date: 2025-09-30
Wiadomości Lekarskie 2025;(9):1741-1745
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Aim: To investigate cytomorphological presentations of the mucous membrane damage of the nasopharyngeal zone in Coronavirus disease in children.
Materials and Methods: A epithelium scraping from the surface of the Pharyngeal tonsils was performed with the following double fixation: the samples
were fixed in a 2% solution of glutaraldehyde (25% Glutaraldehyde E. M. Grade Polyscieces Inc.) in 0.1M cacodylate buffer (Cacodylic acid Sodium salt. Fluka)
at pH 7.2 for 2–2.5 hours in the cold. Washing (2 times) in cacodylate buffer was performed. The next stage was additional fixation of the samples in a 1.5%
solution of OsO4 (Osmium Tetroxide. SPI – CHEM USA) in 0.1 M sodium cacodylate solution at pH 7.2 for 2 hours in the cold with subsequent washing (2 times)
in buffer. Sections are made on an UMTP-6M ultramicrotome using a diamond knife (DIATOM). Sections were viewed using a TEM-100 transmission electron
microscope (Ukraine).
Results: Based on the electronic presentation, we can observe all the processes of inflammation and their consequences. We will consider the pathogenetic
processes which were monitored in our studies. Inflammation consists of three main types of tissue disorders, which include: alteration, exudation, proliferation.
Presentation of a section of the Palatine Tonsil epithelial cell is marked by increased focal hemorrhage and degenerative changes in the membrane of papillary
structures, reactive-degenerative changes in the stroma and increased hemorrhages in the vessels, partial sclerosis and microcalcification of the Tonsil epithelial
cell tissue, pronounced sclerotic changes in the epithelial cell and partial destruction of the cell membrane were also visualized, as a result of which the
semiconductivity in the cell is disturbed.
Conclusions: Cytological changes in the studied material of Nasopharyngeal zone in the children with Coronavirus disease can be considered as nonspecifi
common violation. These changes were characterized by the presence of diffuse inflammatory polymorpho-cellular infiltration, impaired hemodynamics and
diffuse desquamative, dystrophic, sclerotic changes in epithelial cells, which are consistent with numerous data of scientists.