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Centronuclear myopathy, H&E stained section of paraffin embedded skeletal muscle x 200

Last updated on Tuesday, April 28 2009 by gliageek

Centronuclear myopathy, H&E stained section of paraffin embedded skeletal muscle x 200

Centronuclear myopathy demonstrates central nuclei predominately within atrophic type I muscle fibers. In the more severe X-linked myotubular both fiber types demonstrate enlarged centrally located nuclei.

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An H&E stain of a section of skeletal muscle from a patient with CNM. Note the abundant small muscle fibers with centrally located nuclei, like the one indicated by the unnecessarily large green arrow.

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