Histopathology

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1 Nerve and muscle biopsies - Routine histopathology
After co-relation with CPK, EMG and clinical findings
Formalin fixed tissue 24 to 48 hrs Helps differentiating inflammatory v/s non inflammatory myopathy and vasculitis
Orinfective pathology if present
2 Special stains - Manual
PAS stain for fungal elements
ZN stain for acid fast bacilli
Lepra stain for lepra bacilli
Formalin fixed tissue 24 to 48 hrs Helps confirm or rule out infective pathology
3 Immunohistochemistry study Brain tumor A) CNS tumors:
- GFAP
- Synaptophysin
- NSE
- Chromogranin
- CD 99
Formalin fixed tissue/ Paraffin block 3-4 days
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