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[[Image:Skeletal striated muscle.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Skeletal muscle. [[HPS stain]]. (WC/Nephron)]]
[[Image:Skeletal striated muscle.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Skeletal muscle. [[HPS stain]]. (WC/Nephron)]]
'''Skeletal muscle''' is a type of striated muscle under voluntary control.
'''Skeletal muscle''' is a type of striated muscle under voluntary control.
''Muscle biopsies'' are dealt with in the article ''[[neuromuscular pathology]]''.


==General==
==General==
*Common incidental finding on biopsies and resections.
*Common incidental finding on biopsies and resections.
===Anatomy and histology===
:See ''[[Neuromuscular pathology#Muscle structure/histology]]''


==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
Features:
Features:
*Striations - key feature.
*Long fibres with striations - '''key feature'''.
**May be difficult to appreciate.
**Striations may be difficult to appreciate on cytology.
*Peripheral nuclei.
*Peripheral nuclei.


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*[[Colloid]] - especially on cytology.
*[[Colloid]] - especially on [[cytology]].
   
   
===Images===
===Images===
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[Head and neck cytopathology]].
*[[Head and neck cytopathology]].
*[[Muscle biopsy]].


[[Category:Basics]]
[[Category:Basics]]

Latest revision as of 15:31, 2 November 2016

Skeletal muscle. HPS stain. (WC/Nephron)

Skeletal muscle is a type of striated muscle under voluntary control.

Muscle biopsies are dealt with in the article neuromuscular pathology.

General

  • Common incidental finding on biopsies and resections.

Anatomy and histology

See Neuromuscular pathology#Muscle structure/histology

Microscopic

Features:

  • Long fibres with striations - key feature.
    • Striations may be difficult to appreciate on cytology.
  • Peripheral nuclei.

DDx:

Images

Cytology

See also