NextGenPath Diagnostics on an average caters more than 100 muscle biopsies a year.
Muscle pathology is a sub-speciality of neuropathology that deals with diseases of skeletal muscle.
We are the only standalone diagnostic center that has an expert myopathologist who can interpret snap frozen muscle biopsy along with a panel of special stains, enzyme stains, immunohistochemistry with or without ultrastructural and molecular studies.
Method of sending the biopsy to our lab: a single fresh (unfixed) open biopsy (2x2cm) from a moderately affected muscle (MRC grade not less than 3/5) wrapped in slightly saline moistened gauge piece/clingfilm in a closed ice-pack container as quickly as possible.
Samples are received 24x7 on all days.
Request form for muscle biopsies – Click HERE to download.
Formalin fixed muscle biopsies are neither accepted nor processed in our lab.
Learning is a continuous process and we believe that teaching and publishing relevant research are the greatest contributions to the society apart from our patient care services.
NextGenPath Archives serves as an excellent freely available online resource for case-based learning of muscle pathology.
