A new congenital form of X-linked autophagic vacuolar myopathy.
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
In a new family with X-linked congenital autophagic vacuolar myopathy (AVM), seven affected boys presented with congenital hypotonia, dyspnea, and dysphagia with delayed motor milestones. Muscle pathology revealed autophagic vacuoles with sarcolemmal features, multilayered basal lamina with marked sarcolemmal deposition of C5-9 membrane attack complex and calcium, histologically indistinguishable from childhood-onset X-linked myopathy with excessive autophagy (XMEA). Haplotype analysis suggests that this new AVM and XMEA may be allelic despite different clinical presentations.
Medical subject headings
- Autophagy
- Genetic Diseases, X-Linked
- Muscle, Skeletal
- Muscular Diseases