[The pathomorphology of the superior cervical sympathetic ganglia in burns].

Structural changes of upper cervical sympathetic ganglions of 75 patients who died in different stages of burn disease at the age of 19-85, were studied by neurohistological and neurohistochemical methods. It was determined that neurones change at earlier stages of burn disease begins with their reactivity increase. Later hypertrophy, atrophy and decay of neurones body take place. Sharp cateholamine exhaustion in the structures of upper cervical sympathetic ganglions is also determined during the first days of burn trauma (burn shock stage). Some restoring of mediator stock takes place in subsequent periods of burn disease.