Fig. 11.1 Quadriceps muscle biopsy shows mild chronic active myopathy . (a), Chronic features include marked fiber size variation, split fibers (black arrows) and frequent internalized nuclei (white arrows). (b),…
Fig. 10.1 Necrotizing granulomatous fasciitis and myositis with the presence of AFB positive micro-organisms. Muscle cross sections with hematoxylin and eosin (HE) and acid fact bacilli (AFB) stains show necrotizing…
Fig. 9.1 H&E stain (a and b) shows transmural inflammation involving several perimysial blood vessels (arrows), destruction of blood vessel walls with deposition of fibrinoid material (asterisks), and occlusion of…
Fig. 8.1 Non-caseating granulomatous myositis . Muscle cross sections stained with hematoxylin & eosin (HE) show several endomysial and perimysial granulomas (red arrows) consisting of multinucleated giant cells (green arrow)…
Fig. 4.1 (a) HE stain shows a rare atrophic fiber (arrow) but no myofiber necrosis or inflammation. (b) ATPase pH 9.4 stain shows normal fiber type distribution with no vacuolar…
CHAPTER 16 A Proposal for Innovation in Psychoanalytic Education In this chapter, I propose that psychoanalytic education needs to advance into two apparently contradictory but essentially linked and…
CHAPTER 15 The Long-Term Effects of the Mourning Process In an earlier paper (Kernberg 2010), I pointed to some aspects of the mourning process that in my view…
CHAPTER 14 The Denial of Reality What follows is the exploration of a frequent complication in the psychoanalytic psychotherapy of severe personality disorders, and one that we also…
CHAPTER 13 Erotic Transference and Countertransference in Patients With Severe Personality Disorders Part II: Therapeutic Developments Transference and Countertransference Developments With Borderline Patients As mentioned in…
CHAPTER 12 Erotic Transference and Countertransference in Patients With Severe Personality Disorders Part I: The Evaluation of Sexual Pathology What follows is an overview of our experiences in diagnosing and…
