Table 1 Histology results
Patients with no breast pain (N = 8) | Patients with breast pain (N = 10) | P-Mann Whitney Test | |
|---|---|---|---|
Intra-epidermal | Median (range) | Median (range) | |
TRPV1 intra-epidermal fibres | 0.69 (0.00 – 1.27) | 2.15 (0.77 – 4.38) | 0.0009** |
TRPVR1 fibre "clusters" | 0.15 (0.00 – 0.27) | 0.37 (0.00–0.85) | 0.0085* |
Sub-epidermal | |||
TRPV1 fibres | 2.98 (1.59–4.04) | 3.79 (0.63 – 5.92) | 0.1457 |
Neurofilament fibres | 3.38 (0.83 – 5.92) | 2.95 (0.94 – 4.95) | 0.7618 |
NGF staining | 2.5 (1.0–3.0) | 2.38 (1.0–3.0) | 0.5726 |
Epidermal Thickness (mm) | 0.04 (0.02 – 0.12) | 0.04 (0.03 – 0.05) | 0.9654 |