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Muscle biopsy: (a) hematoxylin eosin; (b) staining for cytochrome oxidase; (c) Succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) staining; (d) Gomori trichrome stain.
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Muscle biopsy revealed myopathic changes with scattered ragged red and blue fibers, as well as COX negative fibers (Figure 1).
Ultrastructural examination on muscle: (a) and (b) show intra mitochondrial lipid inclusion; (c) mitochondria with transversal orientation to the myofiber; (d) mitochondrial hyperplasia.
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Ultrastructural examination on muscle confirmed the mitochondrial alterations with mitochondrial hyperplasia and ring cristae, intramitochondrial lipid inclusion, and mitochondria with transversal orientation to the myofiber (Figure 2).