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| Dr. Anne Buckley |
Drs.
Anne Buckley and
Edward Bossen of
Duke University have a nice review article in the current issue of
Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology entitled
Skeletal Muscle Microvasculature in the Diagnosis of Neuromuscular Disease. Buckley and Bossen bring attention to the often overlooked blood vessels in skeletal muscle biopsies. They state that "there are many vascular features in skeletal muscle
biopsies that, when interpreted in the context of other histologic
patterns and clinical history, provide useful information that allows
muscle pathologists to narrow their differential diagnoses and provide
more accurate guidance to treating physicians." In addition to discussing normal and abnormal muscle vascular histology, the authors discuss the vascular effects of
factors common to many patients undergoing muscle biopsy, such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and aging.
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| Capillary loss (B) and gain (D) in different myopathic processes (DM=dermatomyositis) |
Shannon Curran, MS with her dissection Shannon Curran, a graduate student in the Modern Human Anatomy Program at the University of Co...
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