Table 1 Histopathological alterations in the paraspinal skeletal muscle of patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
From: Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis without limb weakness: a differential diagnosis of core myopathy?
CASE 1 | Necrosis | Atrophy | Hypertrophy | Fatty proliferation | Fibrosis | Inflammation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Concave | Moderate | Moderate | Mild | Moderate | Moderate | Presence |
Convex | Mild | Mild | Scarce | Absent | Scarce | Absent |
CASE 2 | ||||||
Concave | Scarce | Scarce | Absent | Scarce | Scarce | Absent |
Convex | Scarce | Mild | Scarce | Moderate | Scarce | Absent |