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Central core disease: Cytochrome oxidase staining

Last updated on Saturday, March 21 2009 by gliageek

Central core disease: Cytochrome oxidase staining

In Central Core Disease, areas devoid of oxidative enzyme staining involve most or all of the legnth of the muscle fibers

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This is a muscle biopsy, stained for cytochrome oxidase. The unnecessarily large red arrow shows an area of pallor in the center of a muscle fiber. This is the characteristic pathology seen in central core disease (CCD)

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