ARUP^® Laboratories &ndash National Reference Laboratory

Neuropathology

Neuropathology provides specialized tests and consultative services for diagnosis of various neurologic disorders affecting the central and peripheral nervous system in adult and pediatric patients. Diagnostic categories for which testing/consultation is available include: neuromuscular disorders, surgical neuropathology, and autopsy examination of brain and spinal cord.

This list represents a selection of tests available at ARUP. For a full test menu, please refer to the ARUP Laboratory Test Directory.

• Neuromuscular disorders (adult and pediatric)
• Skeletal muscle biopsy analysis
• Peripheral nerve biopsy analysis
• Intraepidermal nerve- fiber density analysis

• Surgical neuropathology consultations (adult and pediatric)
• Brain tumors
• Spinal cord tumors
• Non-neoplastic disorders (e.g., infectious, inflammatory, malformative disorders)

• Autopsy consultations (non-medico-legal)
• Acute and chronic disorders of brain and spinal cord
• Neurodegenerative disorders

• Electron microscopy analysis
• Brain
• Skeletal muscle
• Peripheral nerve
• Skin biopsies for various neurological disorders
• Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL)
• Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL)
• Dermatomyositis