Neuromuscular

MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASE: Megaconial Myopathy

Enlarged mitochondria: Causes
  Congenital Myopathy: CHKB
  Cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome 1: BRAF
  Selenium deficiency
  Large mitochondria: Zellweger
    PEX12
    PEX16



H&E stain
Ongoing Myopathy, Active
  Muscle Fibers: Necrosis & Regeneration, Scattered damage

Gomori trichrome stain
Muscle fibers: In varied stages of Necrosis & Regeneration

H&E stain


H&E stain
Myopathy, Chronic
  Muscle fibers size: Varied
  Internal nuclei: Often Single & Central

H&E stain

H&E stain


Gomori trichrome stain

Gomori trichrome stain
Muscle fibers: Stippling
  Toward periphery of muscle fibers

VvG stain

H&E stain

AMPDA stain


NADH stain
Muscle Fiber Internal Architecture
  Center of muscle fibers: No staining for sarcoplasmic reticulum
  Periphery of muscle fibers: Punctate staining

NADH stain

Mitochondria: Large; Non-uniform distribution

COX stain

COX stain

COX stain
Mitochondria: Large; Non-uniform distribution

COX stain


SDH stain
Mitochondria
  Large
  Most in periphery of muscle fibers

SDH stain

SDH stain

SDH stain


ATPase pH 9.4 stain

ATPase pH 4.3 stain

Acid Phosphatase stain
Type 2 fibers are larger than type 1
Large mitochondria: More common in type 2 fibers
Scattered type 2C muscle fibers
 
Necrotic Muscle Fibers
 


Sudan stain

PAS stain
Muscle fibers: Lipid mildy increased; Glycogen increased

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12/9/2016