Figure 2

a: Frozen section of soft tissue from a 72 months hip NPOA: Hematoxylin eosin (h&e): Thrombotic vessels (V), more or less advanced vacuolization/degeneration of muscular fibers (M), and adipous tissue (A). b: Oil Red-O staining : Degenerated muscle fibers (M) stained by eosin were embedded in a strongly hyperplastic perimysium. This structure was itself located inside an adipous tissue whose appearance and compartmentalization by endomysium-like sheets of cell layers suggests a muscular origin. Inset: ALP activity: the same area showed an intense ALP activity in some cells in hyperplastic perimysium. c: Hematoxylin eosin (h&e) staining showed hyperplastic intima and media.