Cross-section of a nerve biopsy specimen from patient 4 exhibiting severe axonal neuropathy

Copyright information:Taken from "Combination of histopathological and electromyographic patterns can help to evaluate functional outcome of critical ill patients with neuromuscular weakness syndromes"Critical Care 2004;8(6):R358-R366.Published online 10 Sep 2004PMCID:PMC1065049.Copyright © 2004 Kerbaul et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. There is loss of myelinated nerve fibres. Some large myelinated fibres show degenerating myelin ovoids. Secondary demyelination is seen in rare nerve fibres. Clusters of Schwann cells without nerve fibres are increased. Resin section, stained with paraphenylene diamine, magnification 115×.