Muscle Biopsy Cytochrome C Oxidase

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  • PowerPath Code
  • Schedule Monday - Friday
  • Turn Around Time Within 1-2 business days of receipt
  • Disease State Mitochondrial DNA Disease
  • Methodology Special Stains

Specimen Requirements

Fresh or frozen muscle tissue, or 1 frozen section charged slide per test, plus 3-4 additional frozen section slides, all cut at 10 microns.

Diagnostic Utility

This stain is used in muscle biopsies in patients with mitochondrial DNA disease. Assessing changes in intermediate fibres will be crucial to evaluating the responses to treatment and in particular to exercise training regimes in patients with mitochondrial DNA disease.