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Washington University Experience | PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY | 1 NORMAL NERVE ANATOMY | 7 Biopsied Nerves Other than Sural | 3A1 (Case 3) AIN 20X 2
Case 3 History ---- The patient is a 49-year-old male with progressive weakness, difficulty with ambulation and EMG/NCS findings suggestive of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. Operative procedure: Muscle and nerve biopsy. ---- 3A1 The plastic sections of the AIN in this case clearly show significant loss of axons as well as the continued prominence of large myelinated axons in residual fibers. (Toluidine-blue stained one-micron thick plastic embedded section)
