title: Polyglucosan body myopathy: a new case.
abstract: We report a 51-yr-old woman with late-onset progressive weakness affecting proximal limb muscles. Muscle biopsy revealed a vacuolar myopathy with accumulation of amylopectin-like polysaccharide resembling the polyglucosan found in type IV glycogenosis and adult-onset polyglucosan body disease. A biochemical study ruled out specific enzymatic defects known to cause storage of this abnormal material. Our case confirms the existence of a 'polyglucosan body myopathy' as a distinct clinicopathological entity in which the biochemical defect is unknown.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neurology, University of Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tonin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tomelleri
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vio
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rizzuto
mesh_terms: D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000378:metabolism*; D014617:Vacuoles / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D011134:Polysaccharides