Muscle CT scan findings in McLeod syndrome and chorea-acanthocytosis
| Autor: | Shozo Ishikawa, Shu-ichi Ikeda, Norinao Hanyu, Naoko Tachibana, Rho-Ichi Hayashi, Ken-Ichi Tabata, Junko Takahashi, Naoharu Fujimori |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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Adult
Male Physiology Central nervous system disease Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Atrophy Chorea Physiology (medical) medicine Humans McLeod syndrome Muscle Skeletal Myopathy Creatine Kinase Chorea acanthocytosis Kell Blood-Group System business.industry Exons Anatomy Middle Aged Progressive muscular atrophy medicine.disease Muscle atrophy Neurology (clinical) medicine.symptom Tomography X-Ray Computed business |
| Zdroj: | Muscle & Nerve. 23:1113-1116 |
| ISSN: | 1097-4598 0148-639X |
| DOI: | 10.1002/1097-4598(200007)23:7<1113::aid-mus15>3.0.co;2-6 |
| Popis: | Computed tomography (CT) scans of lower leg muscles reveal a selective pattern of fat infiltration in the posterior compartment with spared gracilis, semitendinosus, and the lateral head of the gastrocnemius in both McLeod syndrome and chorea-acanthocytosis, which are disorders characterized by the presence of circulating acanthocytes. The selectivity of affected muscles indicates that late onset and slowly progressive muscular atrophy in both diseases could be a consequence of primary myopathy. Asymmetrical muscle involvement may be seen during the process of degeneration only in McLeod syndrome, however, and may be helpful in distinguishing this disease from chorea-acanthocytosis. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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