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| groups <br>("group atrophy")
| groups <br>("group atrophy")
| singular
| singular
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| [http://neuropathology.neoucom.edu/chapter9/images9/13-7.jpg group atrophy]<ref>URL: [http://neuropathology.neoucom.edu/chapter9/chapter9fALS.html http://neuropathology.neoucom.edu/chapter9/chapter9fALS.html]. Accessed on: 25 October 2010.</ref>
| [http://neuropathology.neoucom.edu/chapter9/images9/13-7.jpg group atrophy]<ref>URL: [http://neuropathology.neoucom.edu/chapter9/chapter9fALS.html http://neuropathology.neoucom.edu/chapter9/chapter9fALS.html]. Accessed on: 25 October 2010.</ref>
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| No
| No
| +/-Scattered
| +/-Scattered
| "hypercontracted fibres"
| "hypercontracted<br>fibres"
| [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Duchenne-muscular-dystrophy.jpg DMD (WC)]
| [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Duchenne-muscular-dystrophy.jpg DMD (WC)]
|-
| Fibre type<br>grouping
| yes (d/t chronic <br>denervation + <br>reinnervation)<ref>URL: [http://neuromuscular.wustl.edu/lab/mbiopsy.htm#fibertype http://neuromuscular.wustl.edu/lab/mbiopsy.htm#fibertype]. Accessed on: 26 October 2010.</ref>
| yes (???)
| based on ATPase, NADH-TR stains
| [http://missinglink.ucsf.edu/lm/ids_104_musclenerve_path/student_musclenerve/subpages/ng.atp.9.4.1.html]<ref>URL: [http://missinglink.ucsf.edu/lm/ids_104_musclenerve_path/student_musclenerve/musclepath.html http://missinglink.ucsf.edu/lm/ids_104_musclenerve_path/student_musclenerve/musclepath.html]. Accessed on: 26 October 2010.</ref>
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==Stains for muscle biopsies==
==Stains for muscle biopsies==
Common/standard:
===Standard===
*H&E stain.
{| class="wikitable"
*Gomori trichrome - Good for nemaline rods, mitochondrial pathology (red).
| '''Stain'''
*PAS.
| '''Comment'''
*Congo red - find [[amyloid]]; seen in inclusion body myositis.
| '''Image'''
*Oil Red O - type 1 more lipid.
|-
*ATPase - should have checkerboard pattern in normal.
| H&E stain
*NADH-TR - should have checkerboard pattern in normal.
| routine
 
| [http://www.rvc.ac.uk/Research/Labs/NeuroLab/images/HE.jpg]<ref>URL: [http://www.rvc.ac.uk/Research/Labs/NeuroLab/MuscleBiopsy.cfm http://www.rvc.ac.uk/Research/Labs/NeuroLab/MuscleBiopsy.cfm]. Accessed on: 26 October 2010.</ref>
|-
| Gomori trichrome
| good for nemaline rods, <br>mitochondrial pathology (appear red)
| [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Modified_Gomori_trichrome_stain_showing_several_ragged_red_fibers_.jpg]
|-
| PAS
| glycogen storage disorders
| [http://neuromuscular.wustl.edu/pics/biopsy/dm/dermatopas.jpg]<ref>URL: [http://neuromuscular.wustl.edu/pathol/dermmyo.htm http://neuromuscular.wustl.edu/pathol/dermmyo.htm]. Accessed on: 26 October 2010.</ref>
|-
| Congo red  
| find [[amyloid]]; seen in<br>inclusion body myositis
| [http://neuromuscular.wustl.edu/pics/biopsy/lgd/ibmpaget/hppagetibmvaccr2.jpg]<ref>URL: [http://neuromuscular.wustl.edu/pathol/ibmpaget.htm http://neuromuscular.wustl.edu/pathol/ibmpaget.htm]. Accessed on: 26 October 2010.</ref>
|-
| Oil red O  
| lipid more in<br> type 1 fibres
|
|-
| ATPase pH4.2<br>ATPase pH9.4
| should have "checkerboard <br>pattern" in normal; see table below
| [http://neuromuscular.wustl.edu/pics/biopsy/dm/dermatopfatp94.jpg]<ref>URL: [http://neuromuscular.wustl.edu/pathol/dermmyo.htm http://neuromuscular.wustl.edu/pathol/dermmyo.htm]. Accessed on: 26 October 2010.</ref>
|-
| NADH-TR  
| should have "checkerboard <br>pattern" in normal
|
|}
Special - mitochondrial pathology.:
Special - mitochondrial pathology.:
*SDH.
*SDH (Succinate dehydrogenase).
*COX.
*COX.
*COX-SDH.
*COX-SDH.
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Dunno:
Dunno:
*Toluidine blue.
*Toluidine blue - myopathies.  
**Image: [http://neuromuscular.wustl.edu/pics/biopsy/rods/rodhptb2.jpg Nemaline rods (wustl.edu)].<ref>URL: [http://neuromuscular.wustl.edu/pathol/rod.htm http://neuromuscular.wustl.edu/pathol/rod.htm]. Accessed on: 26 October 2010.</ref>


IHC:
IHC:
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://moon.ouhsc.edu/kfung/jty1/NeuroHelp/ZNEWWU10.htm How to work up a muscle biopsy (ouhsc.edu)].
*[http://moon.ouhsc.edu/kfung/jty1/NeuroHelp/ZNEWWU10.htm How to work up a muscle biopsy (ouhsc.edu)].
*[http://neuromuscular.wustl.edu/lab/mbiopsy.htm Muscle biopsies (wustl.edu)].


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