Muscle biopsy is a minor surgical procedure that involves making an incision in the skin to obtain a few small pieces of the underlying muscle for detailed histologic, histochemical, or biochemical ...

Objective We propose the use of ultrasound-guided muscle biopsy as a viable method of obtaining muscle specimen to aid the diagnosis of myopathy. We retrospectively review the diagnostic accuracy and ...

The history of muscle biopsy dates back to 1860, when Duchenne first performed a biopsy on a patient with symptoms of myopathy (1). Since then, the basic and clinical science of muscle and muscle ...

Transmission electron micrograph of a muscle biopsy showing a ring fibre with myofibrils running around the periphery of the muscle, perpendicular to the majority of the myofibrils. This can cause ...

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When reconfiguring the muscle biopsy service at our hospital, it became apparent that the referral form used was inadequate. The clinical information acquired was minimal. The form did not comply with ...

Supporting laboratory studies may include blood work, electrodiagnostic testing (EMG) and muscle biopsy. Muscle biopsy is often helpful to determine if weakness is caused by muscular dystrophy, an ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the diagnostic value of perivascular infiltrates (PVI) in randomly obtained muscle biopsy specimens for the assessment of rheumatoid vasculitis (RV). METHODS The number and size ...

ucl.ac.uk Objectives To study muscle biopsy tissue from patients with juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) in order to test the reliability of a score tool designed to quantify the severity of histological ...

MUSCLE: If a specific muscle is not dictated by the clinical ... Consideration should be given to rescheduling the biopsy to allow coordination between the sending facility and OHSU. In all cases, it ...