Color Atlas of Muscle Pathology

Part 1 -Introduction. Part 2 - Preparation of the biopsy: Biopsy site; Open muscle biopsy; Needle muscle biopsy; Specimen handling; Preparations for histology, histochemistry and morphometry; Immunocytochemistry; Preparations for electron microscopy; Other methods. Part 3 - Normal muscle structures and analysis of the muscle biopsy: Normal muscle structure; Histochemistry; Anomalies; Ultrastructure; Analysis of the biopsy; Histological assessment; Ultrastructural screening; Quantitative analysis. Part 4 - Pathological reactions of the muscle fibre: Neurogenic disturbances; Primary myopathic disturbances; Metabolic disturbances, Lipid, Glycogen, Mitochondrial; Disturbances of myofibrilla material; Tubular aggregates; Morphological alterations to the nuclei; Miscellaneous ultrastructural disorders. Part 5 - X-linked recessive myopathy (Xp 21.2 myopathy): DMD; BMD; Other X-linked recessive myopathies; Pathological features of Xp 21.2 myopathy. Part 6 - Spinal muscular atrophy: Acute infantile SMA (Type I); Type II SMA; Late life SMA (Type III); Motor neurone disease; Pathology. Part 7 - Inflammatory myopathies: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (PM/DM/IBM); Pathological reactions in the inflammatory myopathies. Part 8 - Congenital myopathies: Pathology of the congenital myopathies; Congenital muscular dystrophy; Congenital fibre-type disproportion; Centronuclear myopathy; Nemaline myopathy; Core myopathies; Intra-uterine maturational delay; Type I fibre hypertrophy. Part 9 - Metabolic disorders: Pathological reactions in metabolic myopathies; Glycogen storage diseases; Lipid myopathis; CPT deficiency; Mitochondrial myopathies. Part 10 - Miscellaneous disorders: Motor neurone disease; Parasitic infections; Myotonic dystrophy; Endocrine disorders; Drugs, toxins and trauma. Part 11- Appendix - Recipe for all muscle strains. Part 12 - Index.