..., and endomyocardial biopsy. Patient III.9 also underwent a left sural nerve biopsy, whereas a left deltoid muscle biopsy was performed on patient IV.2, both of which were for routine histological studies: frozen sections from both tissues and paraffin embedded cardiac sections were further processed...

...Michel Pagès; Anne-Marie Pagès A 43-year-old patient with familial Leber’s optic atrophy suffered from spastic paraplegia. Physical examination disclosed cerebellar and pyramidal signs and signs of peripheral neuropathy. On sural nerve biopsy, there were few large myelinated fibers, signs of axonal...

...Kathi Schweikert; Peter Fuhr; Alphonse Probst; Marcus Tolnay; Susanne Renaud; Andreas J. Steck Objectives: To evaluate the diagnostic yield of nerve biopsy in patients with peripheral neuropathy of undetermined cause despite extensive diagnostic workup. Methods: From November 2001 through January...