
pmid: 17118657
Myosin storage myopathy/hyaline body myopathy is a rare congenital myopathy, with less than 30 cases reported in the literature. It is characterised by the presence of subsarcolemmal hyaline bodies in type 1 muscle fibres and predominantly proximal muscle weakness. Recently, a single mutation (Arg1845Trp) in the slow/beta-cardiac myosin heavy chain gene (MYH7) was identified in four unrelated probands from Sweden and Belgium. The clinical severity and age of onset was variable, despite the same disease-causing mutation and similar histological findings. Here, we report the clinical and morphological findings of two brothers of English/Scottish background with the Arg1845Trp mutation in MYH7. This case report adds to the clinical description of this rare disorder and confirms that Arg1845Trp is a common mutation associated with this phenotype, at least in the White European population.
Male, Hyalin, Muscle Weakness, Genotype, Myosin Heavy Chains, DNA Mutational Analysis, Australia, Middle Aged, United Kingdom, Muscular Atrophy, Phenotype, Amino Acid Substitution, Microscopy, Electron, Transmission, Muscular Diseases, Mutation, Disease Progression, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Muscle, Skeletal, Cardiac Myosins
Male, Hyalin, Muscle Weakness, Genotype, Myosin Heavy Chains, DNA Mutational Analysis, Australia, Middle Aged, United Kingdom, Muscular Atrophy, Phenotype, Amino Acid Substitution, Microscopy, Electron, Transmission, Muscular Diseases, Mutation, Disease Progression, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Muscle, Skeletal, Cardiac Myosins
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