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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: | ||
* | *Long fibres with striations - '''key feature'''. | ||
** | **Striations may be difficult to appreciate on cytology. | ||
*Peripheral nuclei. | *Peripheral nuclei. | ||
DDx: | DDx: | ||
*[[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
Microscopic
Features:
- Long fibres with striations - key feature.
- Striations may be difficult to appreciate on cytology.
- Peripheral nuclei.
DDx:
Images
Cytology
SM - intermed. mag.
SM - high mag.
SM - very high mag.
SM - very high mag.
SM - high mag.
SM - high mag.
SM - very high mag.
SM - very high mag.
