| Normal Peripheral Nerve
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Etiology
• Not applicable.
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Pathogenesis
• Not applicable.,
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Epidemiology
• Not applicable.
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General Gross Description
• Gray white glistening bundles
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General Microscopic Description
• Epineurium is outer connective tissue surrounding nerve composed of fibroblasts and mast cells.
• Perineurial cells, similar to pia-arachnoid cells, envelope individual fascicles in layers of cells with intervening collagen, forming blood-nerve barrier.
• Endoneurium contains nerve fibers (myelinated or unmyelinated), Schwann cells, fibroblasts, capillaries and mast cells.
• Schwann cell nuclei compose most of the nuclei seen in the endoneurium and are delicate and wavy with pointed ends.
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Clinical Correlation
• Not applicable.
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References
• Histology for Pathologists. Sternberg SS ed. New York: Raven Press, 1992. pp. 171-177.
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| Normal Peripheral Nerve
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| Synopsis by: Melinda Sanders M.D. (TX0500M00100)[552]
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