Comparative study of collagen deposition in the colon wall of patients operated for sigmoid diverticular disease

• Published in: Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira
• Main Authors: Mário Pantaroto, Gaspar de Jesus Lopes Filho, Clovis Antonio Lopes Pinto, Armando Antico Filho
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia 2015-10-01
• Subjects: Colon; Collagen; Diverticulitis; Colon, Sigmoid
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/pdf/acb/v30n10/0102-8650-acb-30-10-00715.pdf

PURPOSE: To investigate the deposition of collagen in the colon wall of patients with sigmoid diverticulitis. METHODS: Samples of sigmoid tissue from 15 patients (disease group), seven men and eight women aged 37-77 years who underwent surgery for the treatment of diverticulitis, were selected. For the control group, specimens from five patients, three men and two women aged 19-58 years undergoing emergency surgery for sigmoid trauma were selected. These subjects had no associated diseases. The histological study of the surgical specimens was performed by staining with hematoxylin-eosin and picrosirius and using a histochemical method for collagen quantification. RESULTS: Collagen deposition in the colon wall in terms of area (F), glandular epithelium (E) and total area was significantly higher in the disease group compared to control (p=0.003, p=0.026 and p=0.010, respectively). The collagen volume fraction (F fraction) and muscle tissue (M fraction) were also significantly higher compared to control (p=0.044 and p=0.026, respectively). The muscle (M area) and volume fraction of glandular epithelium (E fraction) did not differ significantly between the two groups, (p=0.074 and p=1.000, respectively). CONCLUSION: In this study, collagen deposition in the colon wall of the patients operated for sigmoid diverticulitis was higher compared to patients without the disease.