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Vanishing white matter disease, cerebral cortex and white matter, H&E stain x 40

Last updated on Tuesday, March 24 2009 by gliageek

Vanishing white matter disease, cerebral cortex and white matter, H&E stain x 40

Diffuse rarefaction of subcortical white matter

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For Comparison, normal neuropil

For Comparison, normal neuropil
Compare the normal neuropil in this H&E stained image (at 100x magnification) of normal neuropil to the neuropil from VWMD.

Vanishing white matter disease, cerebral cortex and white matter, H&E stain x 40 with arrow

Vanishing white matter disease, cerebral cortex and white matter, H&E stain x 40 with arrow
Note the loss of white matter, indicated by the unnecessarily large green arrow. The cortex, at the top of the image, is relatively spared.

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