Neuromuscular

Hereditary Inclusion Body Myopathy: Type 2


Muscle: General features


H&E stain

Muscle fiber size: Varied
Smaller fibers may be clustered
Endomysial connective tissue: Not prominently increased

H&E stain

Small, angulated muscle fibers with vacuoles


NADH stain

Scattered muscle fibers with coarse internal architecture

ATPase pH 9.4 stain

Type 1 muscle fiber predominance

Vacuolated muscle fibers


H&E stain

Gomori trichrome stain


NADH stain

H&E stain


Congo red stain

Congo red stain


Congo red stain

Congo red stain


Also see: Distal myopathies

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8/11/2003