Muscle Biopsy
Laboratory Services at UW Hospital and Clinics prepare frozen sections of muscle tissue on every muscle biopsy specimen received. The standard panel of 13 stains includes:
- H & E
- Modified Gomori Trichrome
- NADH
- ATPase at pH 4.3, 4.6. 9.4
- Acid Phosphatase
- Nonspecific Esterase
- PAS
- Oil Red O
- Myophosphorylase
- Cytochrome C Oxidase
- Congo Red
Further special stains and immunohistochemical stains are available as indicated on a per case basis. Additional muscle tissue is routinely fixed for electron microscopy studies. Extra frozen muscle tissue is also archived for future analysis.
Muscle-H & E
Muscle-NADH
Muscle-PAS
