title: Nemaline rods in chorea-acanthocytosis.
abstract: In chorea-acanthocytosis, a neurological disorder associated with multisystem degeneration, amyotrophy and peripheral neuropathy are sometimes conspicuous. We describe a patient with chorea-acanthocytosis who showed distributed nemaline rods in biopsied muscle. It has been suggested that in chorea-acanthocytosis, the muscle membranous structures are disordered, and our finding may be attributable to this underlying myopathic condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8, Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan. y.tamura@jikei.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yohei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: Kazutaka
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yaguchi
authors.forename: Masaya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: Kiyoharu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inoue
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002819:Chorea / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017696:Myopathies, Nemaline / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009431:Neural Conduction / Q000502:physiology