PECULIARITIES OF CHANGES OF THE MORPHOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF THE FALLOPIAN TUBES AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF CHRONIC INFLAMMATION
A comparative analysis of morphological changes in 106 fallopian tubes in the presence of chronic inflammatory process and in its absence was conducted. Group I included 52 specimens of fallopian tubes removed during operations caused by exacerbation of chronic inflammatory diseases of the uterine appendages. Group II included 54 specimens of the fallopian tubes of 27 gynecologically healthy women who became victims of car accidents and were subject to forensic autopsy. When performing anatomical studies, all ethical standards provided by the legislation of the Russian Federation were observed. Standard methods of medication delivery, Hematoxylin and Eosin staining by Van Gieson, silver impregnation by Foot were used in the research. The criteria for evaluation were the determination of the proportion of connective tissue in the wall of the tube in relation to the muscle tissue, i.e. evaluation of the peristatic resources of tubes, provided by muscles, and the resistance of intramural connective tissue elements to them. The total number of intramural vessels was estimated. It was found that against the background of the inflammatory process, the thickness of the muscle layer significantly decreased (P ˂ 0.05), and the lamina propria significantly increased (P ˂ 0,05). The ratio of muscle and connective tissue K = 17.8±1.6 (P ˂ 0,05) was significantly reduced. Against the background of an increase in the specific weight of connective tissue in chronic inflammation, there was a significant decrease in the number of intramural vessels in the wall of the fallopian tubes (P ˂ 0.05).