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Contraction Band Artifact

This 50-year-old patient presented with complaints of slowly progressive proximal lower extremity muscle weakness of multiple year duration. Laboratory studies…

NMJ neonatal muscle
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NMJ Neonatal Muscle

This 6-week old baby presented with hypotonia at birth.   What are the structures indicated by arrows in Figures #1…

Dural Mass
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Unusual Dural Mass

This 50-year-old patient presented with complaints of headaches. MRI showed an extra-axial parasagittal dural based mass which was gross totally…


Intravascular lymphoma
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Intravascular lymphoma

This 70-year-old patient presented with confusion, weakness, and recent stroke-type symptoms. Brain MRI showed scattered contrast-enhancing white matter lesions involving…

Meningioma
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Unusual Meningioma

Unusual Meningioma This 50-year-old presented with progressively worsening headaches. MRI demonstrated a T2 hyperintense heterogeneously enhancing 2.5 cm lesion centered…

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Intranuclear Amyloid-Like Inclusion

This 60-year-old patient presented with a several year history of slowly progressive proximal lower extremity weakness and mild elevation of…


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Necrotic Myofibers

This 20-year-old patient presented with acute onset muscle weakness and numbness. Laboratory studies showed elevated CPK (4000) and negative toxin/drug…

Peripheral Nerve Fascicle
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Peripheral Nerve Fascicle

This 50-year-old patient underwent muscle biopsy to evaluate for cramps and myalgias. What is the structure in the following figure?…

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Sweat Gland Inclusions

This 13-year-old patient presented with relentlessly progressive treatment refractory myoclonic epilepsy. What are the inclusions seen in PASd stained sections…


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Perifascicular Necrosis

This 60-year-old patient presented with progressive proximal upper and lower extremity muscle weakness of two months duration.   Which of…

neuromuscular junction
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Neuromuscular Junction Thick Section

This 60-year-old patient presented with muscle weakness and ptosis. Laboratory studies reported normal CPK and negative myositis autoantibody panel. Myasthenia…

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Granulomata Cholesterol

This 70-year-old patient presented with a transient left sided weakness. Their past medical history included hypertension, hypothyroidism, and coronary artery…


denervation (neurogenic atrophy)
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Denervation

This 66-year-old patient presented with complaints of asymmetric distal lower extremity weakness. Their past medical history was significant for atrial…

vasculitis (“vasculitic myopathy”)
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Vasculitic Myopathy

This 50-year-old patient presented with fever and bilateral leg myalgias. Laboratory studies showed elevated ESR (120) and normal CPK. On…

Small Unmyelinated Fibers Seen In Neurofilament Stain
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Neurofilament Stain

This 35-year-old patient presented with complaints of numbness and tingling involving their feet, and distal lower extremity muscle weakness. Electrodiagnostic…