: Electron microscopy (EM) was a popular diagnostic tool in the 1970s and early 80s. With the adoption of newer, less expensive techniques, such as immunohistochemistry, the role of EM in diagnostic surgical pathology has dwindled substantially. Nowadays, even in academic centers, EM interpretation is relegated to renal pathologists and the handful of (aging) pathologists with experience using the technique. As such, EM interpretation is truly arcane-understood by few and mysterious to many. Nevertheless, there remain situations in which EM is the best or only ancillary test to ascertain a specific diagnosis. Thus, there remains a critical need for the younger generation of surgical pathologists to learn EM interpretation. Recognizing this need, cardiac EM was made the theme of the Cardiovascular Evening Specialty Conference at the 2023 United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) annual meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. Each of the speakers contributed their part to this article, the purpose of which is to review EM as it pertains to myocardial tissue and provide illustrative examples of the spectrum of ultrastructural cardiac pathology seen in storage/metabolic diseases, cardiomyopathies, infiltrative disorders, and cardiotoxicities.

Ultrastructural Cardiac Pathology: The Wide (yet so very small) World of Cardiac Electron Microscopy / Fishbein, Gregory A; Bois, Melanie C; D'Amati, Giulia; Glass, Carolyn; Masuelli, Laura; Rodriguez, E Rene; Seidman, Michael A. - In: CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGY. - ISSN 1054-8807. - (2024). [10.1016/j.carpath.2024.107670]

Ultrastructural Cardiac Pathology: The Wide (yet so very small) World of Cardiac Electron Microscopy

d'Amati, Giulia;Masuelli, Laura;
2024

Abstract

: Electron microscopy (EM) was a popular diagnostic tool in the 1970s and early 80s. With the adoption of newer, less expensive techniques, such as immunohistochemistry, the role of EM in diagnostic surgical pathology has dwindled substantially. Nowadays, even in academic centers, EM interpretation is relegated to renal pathologists and the handful of (aging) pathologists with experience using the technique. As such, EM interpretation is truly arcane-understood by few and mysterious to many. Nevertheless, there remain situations in which EM is the best or only ancillary test to ascertain a specific diagnosis. Thus, there remains a critical need for the younger generation of surgical pathologists to learn EM interpretation. Recognizing this need, cardiac EM was made the theme of the Cardiovascular Evening Specialty Conference at the 2023 United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) annual meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. Each of the speakers contributed their part to this article, the purpose of which is to review EM as it pertains to myocardial tissue and provide illustrative examples of the spectrum of ultrastructural cardiac pathology seen in storage/metabolic diseases, cardiomyopathies, infiltrative disorders, and cardiotoxicities.
2024
cardiac pathology; cardiomyopathy; cardiotoxicity; electron microscopy; infiltrative disorders; storage diseases
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Ultrastructural Cardiac Pathology: The Wide (yet so very small) World of Cardiac Electron Microscopy / Fishbein, Gregory A; Bois, Melanie C; D'Amati, Giulia; Glass, Carolyn; Masuelli, Laura; Rodriguez, E Rene; Seidman, Michael A. - In: CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGY. - ISSN 1054-8807. - (2024). [10.1016/j.carpath.2024.107670]
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