[PDF][PDF] Diabetic lymphangiopathy. An optical and electron microscopic study

A Kaufmann, B Molnár, C Cracion, A Itcus - Lymphology, 1980 - journals.uair.arizona.edu
TI1e lymphatic capillaries in the tegument of the dorsal side of the leg in patients with
diabetes mellitus, and especially in those with clinically manifested macroangiopathy,
present morphopaU101ogical modiFications at the level of the endothelium and the basal
membrane. Ultrastructurally, the modifications appear as dilatations of the intercellular
space, dislocation or desquamation of the endothelium, an exaggerated growth of the
micropinocytic vesicles, the appearance ofthe intracellular vacuoles and of the lysosomes …