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Published: 01 September 2024
SPONGIFORM CHANGE IN CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE Figure 2-3 SPONGIFORM CHANGE IN CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE Striking spongiform change seen at low (A) and medium (B) power, with characteristic absence of associated inflammation. (Courtesy of Dr. R. McLendon, Duke University, Durham, NC) More about this image found in SPONGIFORM CHANGE IN CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE Striking spongiform change ...
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Published: 01 September 2024
AMYLOID PLAQUES Figure 2-6 AMYLOID PLAQUES A: Typical amyloid plaque in human spongiform encephalopathy. B: Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease shows a plaque in the center of spongiform change (identifiable on a routine hematoxylin and eosin [H&E] stain). (Courtesy of Dr. J. Arango, Universit... More about this image found in AMYLOID PLAQUES A: Typical amyloid plaque in human spongiform encephalopat...
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Published: 01 September 2024
MICROVACUOLAR CHANGE IN KURU AND CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE Figure 2-4 MICROVACUOLAR CHANGE IN KURU AND CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE A: Brain tissue in kuru shows cerebellar atrophy, with neuronal loss and spongiform change. (Courtesy of Dr. J. Arango, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia) B:... More about this image found in MICROVACUOLAR CHANGE IN KURU AND CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE A: Brain tissue...
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Series: Atlases of Tumor and Non-Tumor Pathology, Series 5
Volume: 20
Published: 01 September 2024
10.55418/9781933477435-02
ISBN-10: 1-933477-43-1
ISBN: 978-1-933477-43-5
...GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS, INCLUDING ETIOLOGY AND SYNONYMS Prions are unique transmissible protein particles (devoid of nucleic acid) that cause a group of neurodegenerative diseases in humans and animals, known as spongiform encephalopathies. The term prion (proteinaceous infectious...
Book Chapter
Series: Atlases of Tumor and Non-Tumor Pathology, Series 5
Volume: 20
Published: 01 September 2024
10.55418/9781933477435-24
ISBN-10: 1-933477-43-1
ISBN: 978-1-933477-43-5
.... TINEA CORPORIS Figure 24-42 TINEA CORPORIS High-power view of a PAS-stained specimen illustrates the fungal hyphae within the acral stratum corneum. TINEA INCOGNITO Figure 24-43 TINEA INCOGNITO There is a subcorneal pustule with associated spongiform pustulation. TINEA UNGUIUM Figure 24-44 TINEA...
Book Chapter
Series: Atlases of Tumor and Non-Tumor Pathology, Series 5
Volume: 20
Published: 01 September 2024
10.55418/9781933477435-03
ISBN-10: 1-933477-43-1
ISBN: 978-1-933477-43-5
... Creutzfeldt and Alfons Jakob ( 64 ). The latter is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy that develops in immunocompetent (not immunocompromised) individuals and is caused by prions (not a virus) (see chapter 2 ). Epidemiology There is no geographic predilection for PML since JC virus is present...