[Banded filamentous associates in the intra- and extracellular space in connection with collagen degradation (author's transl)].

Banded fibrous associates are described in the extracellular space of connective tissue from human endometrium, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and of tendon rupture. In the cases of morbus Dupuytren these associates are also found as intracellular inclusions. The banded structures are interpreted as states of an enzymatically induced degradation of collagen in correlation with Type-III collagen.