[Sporadic adult form of nemaline myopathy--a difficult differential diagnosis].
We report on a 79 years old female patient with slowly progressive painful weakness of the proximal upper and lower limbs. CK was slightly elevated (242 U 7 l). MRI guided biopsy of the proximal lower limbs revealed the rare findings of nemaline myopathy.
Klarl
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Klinik für Neurologie, Marienhospital Stuttgart.
Bornemann
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Demuth
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Zähringer
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Lindner
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D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D018908:Muscle Weakness / Q000209:etiology; D009133:Muscular Atrophy / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D017696:Myopathies, Nemaline / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D034941:Upper Extremity / Q000473:pathology
D003402:Creatine Kinase