Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology

MUSCLE BIOPSIES:

 Diagnostic procedures available for muscle biopsies include histological, histochemical, immunohistochemical (dystrophins, types 1, 2 & 3) and electron microscopic evaluations. These analysis are particularly helpful in differentiating:    

• Inflammatory myopathies
• Type-specific myopathies
• Subtypes of muscular dystrophies
• Congenital myopathies
• Neurogenic muscle atrophy
• Inclusion body myositis
• Metabolic and mitochondrial disorders