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From: Muscular involvement and tendon contracture in limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 2Y: a mild adult phenotype and literature review

Fig. 2

Histopathological findings of the present patient (magnification: 20 × 10). (A) Haematoxylin and eosin staining of the present patient. Muscle fibres were irregular and varied in size. Necrotic fibre (black arrow) with mild inflammatory infiltration was found. (B) Nicotine adenine dinucleotide tetrazolium reductase staining of the present patient. The internal architecture of some muscle fibres was damaged (white arrow). (C) Cytochrome C oxidase staining of the present patient. Reduced cytochrome C oxidase activity was found in some fibres (arrowhead). (D) Modified Gomori’s trichrome staining of the present patient. Aggregation in muscle fibre was found (*)

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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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