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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)].


[[Category:Weird stuff]]
[[Category:Weird stuff]]

Revision as of 02:07, 5 May 2012

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

Ultrastructural findings

Glycogen

General

Seen in:

Ultrastructure

Appearance:

  • Cytoplasmic, electron dense, not bound by a membrane.

Tubuloreticular inclusions

Abbreviated TRIs.

General

Seen in:

Ultrastructure

Appearance:

  • Undulating tubules in the smooth ER, usu. perinuclear.[1]

Melanosomes

General

Seen in:

Ultrastructure

Appearance:

  • Membrane bound, sausage-like shape.

Image(s):

Neurosecretory granules

  • AKA dense-core granules.

General

Seen in:

Ultrastructure

Appearance:[3]

  • Round membrane bound, granular core.
  • Size: 100-400 nm.

Image(s):

Birbeck granules

General

Ultrastructure

Appearance:

  • Electron dense, cytoplasmic tennis racket-like body.

Image(s):

Specific diagnoses

Malignant mesothelioma

Several EM features can be useful to distinguish mesothelioma from adenocarcinoma as per Warhol et al:[4]

  • Microvillous length -- longer in mesothelioma.
  • Quantity of intermediate filaments -- mesothelioma have more.

See also

References

  1. Stoltenburg-Didinger G, Genth E (June 2009). "[Dermatomyositis]" (in German). Z Rheumatol 68 (4): 287–94. doi:10.1007/s00393-008-0398-y. PMID 19330338.
  2. Gil-Moreno, A.; Garcia-Jiménez, A.; González-Bosquet, J.; Esteller, M.; Castellví-Vives, J.; Martínez Palones, JM.; Xercavins, J. (Mar 1997). "Merkel cell carcinoma of the vulva.". Gynecol Oncol 64 (3): 526-32. PMID 9062165.
  3. URL: http://www.pathologyimagesinc.com/emhandbook/diagn-organelles-section/organelle-pages/neuroendo-granules.html. Accessed on: 11 February 2011.
  4. Warhol, MJ.; Hickey, WF.; Corson, JM. (Jun 1982). "Malignant mesothelioma: ultrastructural distinction from adenocarcinoma.". Am J Surg Pathol 6 (4): 307-14. PMID 6287872.

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