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It commonly affects the peripheral nervous system and occasionally involves skeletal muscle. The pathogenic mechanisms driving cellular injury in amyloidosis remain elusive. In this study, we examined 3 sural nerve and 5 skeletal muscle biopsies from patients with amyloidosis to localize the deposition of amyloid fibrils. Histologically, the nerve biopsies showed axonal degeneration and Schwann cell (SC) changes; muscle biopsies demonstrated variable myopathic and neurogenic features with multifocal amyloid deposition, including within intramuscular nerves. Electron microscopy identified both intracellular and extracellular amyloid deposition in all 8 biopsies. The ultrastructural localization of amyloid fibrils included the nerve and muscle extracellular matrix, as well as the SC processes, peri-\/sub-sarcolemmal region of non-necrotic myofibers, and endoneurial and endomysial\/perimysial blood vessel cells. Notably, SC processes, particularly bands of B\u00fcngner, formed amyloid-related complex inclusions in all 3 nerve cases. 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