Table 1.
Patient | Sex/ Age |
Age at onset |
First symptoms |
Muscle weakness | CK level | EMG | Muscle biopsy | Muscle imaging | Other |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F1 II:1 |
M/75 | 69 | Distal weakness | Distal LL (anterior and posterior compartment), mild in proximal LL, very mild in UL | Normal | Myopathy | RV, myofibrillar aggregates | Severe: Gmed, Glat, S, PL (left), hamstrings Moderate: vastii | COPD, no cardiac symptoms |
III:2 | F/50 | n.a. | Distal weakness | No detectable weakness | 206 | Myopathy | Size variation, internal nuclei | Moderate: Gmed, Glat | |
F2 II:1 |
F/65 | 40 | Distal lower leg weakness | Distal LL, distal UL with muscle atrophy | Normal to slightly elevated | Myopathy | Atrophic fibers | Severe: Gmed, Glat, S | |
F3 II:1 |
M/70 | 40 | Waddling gait | Distal and proximal LL, distal UL, mild dysphagia; ambulant 500 m with/without cane | 655 | n.a. | RV, myofibrillar aggregates | Severe: Gmed, Glat, S, PL, hamstrings | VC 97% Echo hypertrophy (hypertension) |
III:2 | M/39 | n.a. | n.a. | No clear weakness but limping gait | 239 | n.a. | n.a. | Moderate: Gmed (right>>left) | |
F4 II:1 |
M/52 | 47 | Difficulty walking on toes | Distal LL with muscle atrophy in EDB and calf muscles | Normal | Mild myopathy | RV | Severe: Gmed, Glat, S Moderate: hamstrings | FEV1 78%, FVC 64%, no dyspnea Echo normal |
F5 II:2 |
F/81* | n.a. | Lower limb muscle weakness | Mild distal and proximal, dysarthria | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | |
III:2 | M/51 | 20 | Difficulty walking | Distal and proximal with diffuse muscle atrophy, Achilles tendon contractures | 213 | Small motor units, fibrillation, fasciculations | RV | Diffuse in thigh and leg muscles (prox>dist) | ECG normal, no cardiac symptoms |
COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ECG, electrocardiography; EDB, extensor digitorum brevis; FEV1, forced expiratory volume in one second; FVC, forced vital capacity; Glat, gastrocnemius lateralis; Gmed, gastrocnemius medialis; n.a., not available; LL, lower limbs; PL, peroneus longus; RV, rimmed vacuoles; S, soleus; UL, upper limbs; VC, vital capacity.
Age at death.