Focal mucoid degeneration of peripheral nerve. Light- and electronmicroscopic observation in a sural nerve biopsy of a case of progressive neural muscular atrophy (Charcot-Marie-Tooth).
"Focal mucoid degeneration" was found in a N. suralis biopsy of a 8 year old child, diagnosed clinically and electrophysiologically as progressive muscular atrophy Charcot-Marie-Tooth.
D002607:Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009133:Muscular Atrophy / Q000473:pathology*; D009417:Nerve Tissue / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013127:Spinal Nerves / Q000473:pathology*; D013497:Sural Nerve / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure