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myocytic mitochondrias

Mitochondrial changes (Etiology)

- inflammatory myopathies

  • polymyositis (PM)
  • muscular vasculitis

Mitochondrial changes

- abnormal mitochondria

  • membrane-bound crystalloid inclusions
  • globoid
  • other inclusions

See also

- immunological disorder causing nuclear and secondary or simultaneous mitochondrial changes

References

- Molnar M, Schroder JM. Pleomorphic mitochondrial and different filamentous inclusions in inflammatory myopathies associated with mtDNA deletions. Acta Neuropathol (Berl). 1998 Jul;96(1):41-51. PMID: 9678512