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. 2000 Nov;59(11):927–928. doi: 10.1136/ard.59.11.926b

Familial macrophagic myofasciitis

Z AMOURA, N COSTEDOAT, T MAISONOBE, P GODEAU, J PIETTE
PMCID: PMC1753021  PMID: 11203423

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Figure 1  

Muscle biopsy on light microscope. (A) Sheet of macrophages with some lymphocytic cells infiltrated from epimysium to perimysium surrounding muscle fibres. (Mother's case, paraffin embedded section, haematoxylin and eosin stain, ×270.) (B) Infiltration of the subcutaneous tissue by densely packed large and grossly rounded cells with clear, slightly basophilic cytoplasm corresponding to macrophagic cells. (Children's case, paraffin embedded section, haematoxylin and eosin stain, ×540.)


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