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| Year : 2008 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 474-480 |
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Congenital myopathies: A clinicopathological study of 25 cases
Deepali Jain1, Mehar C Sharma1, Chitra Sarkar1, Shefali Gulati2, Veena Kalra2, Sumit Singh3, Rohit Bhatia3
1 Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
2 Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
3 Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
Mehar C Sharma
Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110 029
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.43734
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Objective: Congenital myopathies are rare. Through this article, the authors want to present a clinicopathological analysis of 25 new cases. Materials and methods: The clinical data of patients who were diagnosed with congenital myopathy between 2001 and 2006 was retrieved. Muscle biopsies were processed for H&E staining, enzyme histochemistry, and immunohistochemistry. Biopsies were also processed for ultrastructural analysis. Results: During a period of 6 years, 1.12% of the muscle biopsies were diagnosed as congenital myopathies. The most common congenital myopathy was central core disease followed by nemaline rod myopathy and multi-mini core disease. Clinically, they have variable features. The final diagnosis was made with the help of enzyme histochemistry and ultrastructural features. Conclusion: This study emphasizes the importance of enzyme histochemistry and electron microscopic examination in the diagnosis of congenital myopathies especially in the absence of genetic studies. |
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