3.4. Duodenal Mucosa Ultrastructure
DEGENERATIVE CHANGE
The enterocytes of all included patients who were submitted to prolonged fasting (T0) showed several degenerative changes (After refeeding through enteral nutrition, most of the described alterations disappeared and the cells regained a normal appearance, although retaining dense bodies in the apical region, probably representing residual lysosomes resulting from the evolution of the autophagic vacuoles (