Figure 25-1 Electron micrograph of a radial sensory nerve with numerous macrophages and Schwann cells containing non–membrane-bound lipid vacuoles (arrows). CONCLUSIONS Tangier disease is a condition characterized by severe deficiency…
Figure 23-1 A, Photomicrograph of a sural nerve frozen section immunoreacted with CD 68 to visualize macrophages. Note infiltration of the blood vessel wall (macrophages stained in brown) and subtotal…
Figure 24-1 Electron micrograph of myelinated fiber showing axonal (a) compressed by edema (o). The edema is present in a membrane bound vacuole (arrowheads) within adaxonal Schwann cell (sc) cytoplasm….
Figure 22-1 Standard 3-mm punch biopsy of skin at the distal leg (A) and distal thigh (B) stained with pan-neuronal marker anti-pgp9.5 antibody. The distal leg is devoid of any…
Figure 21-1 A, The lymphocutaneous lesion of the right wrist at presentation of illness. B, Transverse paraffin section stained with hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) demonstrating prominent granulomatous perineurial inflammation (arrow)….
Figure 15-1 A, Sagittal spoiled gradient recalled (SPGR) postgadolinium magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan demonstrates diffuse enlargement of the entire left brachial plexus (arrow). B, FDG-PET/CT scan demonstrated avid FDG…
Figure 9-1 Left upper arm magnetic resonance imaging scan shows enlargement (arrow) of an approximately 6-cm segment of the median nerve in the distal arm, just anterior to the medial…
Figure 14-1 A, Paracoronal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan directs the targeted nerve biopsy by showing the enlarged left S2 and S3 nerve roots with expanded foramina (arrows). Note the…
Figure 12-1 Sagittal T1 magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of the brachial plexus showing infraclavicular mass encasing the brachial plexus (arrow), axillary vein marked with asterisk (top). Sagittal T1 MRI…
Figure 7-1 3-Tesla T1-weighted axial magnetic resonance imaging scan of the brachial plexus from Case A showing enlarged cords (arrow) adjacent to the subclavian vein (arrowhead). A right brachial plexus…
