Hyperthyroid Myopathy with Mitochondrial Paracrystalline Rectangular Inclusions
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- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Ultrastructural Pathology
- Vol. 20 (1) , 61-65
Abstract
The ultrastructural features of a case of severe hyperthyroid myopathy are presented. Along with the moderate increase in mitochondrial size and number usually observed in most patients with hyperthyroid myopathy, some of the skeletal muscle mitochondria in the present case also contained paracrystalline rectangular inclusions. This finding has not been previously reported in hyperthyroid myopathy and further supports the current view that mitochondrial abnormalities play a major role in the pathogenesis of muscle dysfunction in hyperthyroid patients.Keywords
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