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This article collection stuffs about '''electron microscopy'''.  It is commonly abbreviated '''EM'''.
This article collection stuffs about '''electron microscopy'''.  It is commonly abbreviated '''EM'''.


=Ultrastructural findings=
==Glycogen==
==Glycogen==
===General===
Seen in:
*[[Glycogen storage disorders]].
*[[Ewing sarcoma]].
===Ultrastructure===
Appearance:
Appearance:
*Cytoplasmic, electron dense, not bound by a membrane.
*Cytoplasmic, electron dense, not bound by a membrane.
Seen in:
*[[Glycogen storage disorders]].


==Tubuloreticular inclusions==
==Tubuloreticular inclusions==
Abbreviated ''TRIs''.
Abbreviated ''TRIs''.
===General===
Seen in:
*[[Dermatomyositis]].
*[[Inclusion body myositis]].


===Ultrastructure===
Appearance:
Appearance:
*Undulating tubules in the smooth ER, usu. perinuclear.<ref name=pmid19330338>{{cite journal |author=Stoltenburg-Didinger G, Genth E |title=[Dermatomyositis] |language=German |journal=Z Rheumatol |volume=68 |issue=4 |pages=287–94 |year=2009 |month=June |pmid=19330338 |doi=10.1007/s00393-008-0398-y |url=}}</ref>
*Undulating tubules in the smooth ER, usu. perinuclear.<ref name=pmid19330338>{{cite journal |author=Stoltenburg-Didinger G, Genth E |title=[Dermatomyositis] |language=German |journal=Z Rheumatol |volume=68 |issue=4 |pages=287–94 |year=2009 |month=June |pmid=19330338 |doi=10.1007/s00393-008-0398-y |url=}}</ref>


==Melanosomes==
===General===
Seen in:
Seen in:
*[[Dermatomyositis]].
*[[Melanoma]].
*[[Inclusion body myositis]].


==Melanosomes==
===Ultrastructure===
Appearance:
Appearance:
*Membrane bound, sausage-like shape.
*Membrane bound, sausage-like shape.
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Image(s):
Image(s):
*[http://www.nature.com/nrm/journal/v8/n10/fig_tab/nrm2258_F1.html Melanosomes (nature.com)].
*[http://www.nature.com/nrm/journal/v8/n10/fig_tab/nrm2258_F1.html Melanosomes (nature.com)].
Seen in:
*[[Melanoma]].


==Neurosecretory granules==
==Neurosecretory granules==
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==Birbeck granules==
==Birbeck granules==
===General===
*Seen in [[Langerhans cell histiocytosis]].
*Seen in [[Langerhans cell histiocytosis]].


===Ultrastructure===
Appearance:
Appearance:
*Electron dense, cytoplasmic tennis racket-like body.
*Electron dense, cytoplasmic tennis racket-like body.
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**Usually... only the handle of the tennis racket is well seen.
**Usually... only the handle of the tennis racket is well seen.


=Specific diagnoses=
==Malignant mesothelioma==
==Malignant mesothelioma==
{{Main|Malignant mesothelioma}}
{{Main|Malignant mesothelioma}}
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*Quantity of intermediate filaments -- mesothelioma have more.
*Quantity of intermediate filaments -- mesothelioma have more.


==See also==
=See also=
*[[Microscope]].
*[[Microscope]].
*[[Medical kidney diseases]].
*[[Medical kidney diseases]].


==References==
=References=
{{reflist|2}}
{{reflist|2}}


==External links==
=External links=
*[http://www.uni-mainz.de/FB/Medizin/Anatomie/workshop/EM/EMGlykogenE.html Electron microscopy atlas (uni-mainz.de)].
*[http://www.uni-mainz.de/FB/Medizin/Anatomie/workshop/EM/EMGlykogenE.html Electron microscopy atlas (uni-mainz.de)].


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