Congenital muscular dystrophy with central and peripheral nervous system involvement in a Belgian patient

Neuromuscul Disord. 1999 Jun;9(4):251-6. doi: 10.1016/s0960-8966(99)00009-7.

Abstract

We report a patient with congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD), developmental brain defects, and peripheral neuropathy. Marked hypotonia and plagiocephaly were noted at birth. Failure to thrive, generalized muscle weakness and wasting, absent deep tendon reflexes, partial seizures, and secondary microcephaly developed. Brain MRI showed a large area of cortical dysplasia, a thin but complete corpus callosum, and diffuse ventriculomegaly. Nerve conduction velocities were slow and creatine kinase levels only mildly elevated. Muscle biopsy showed dystrophic features with normal merosin, sarcoglycan, and dystrophin immunostaining. The Japanese Fukuyama CMD founder mutation was not detected. This is the first report of a patient with merosin-positive CMD, cobblestone lissencephaly, and demyelinating peripheral neuropathy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Atrophy / pathology
  • Brain / pathology
  • Central Nervous System Diseases / complications*
  • Central Nervous System Diseases / congenital*
  • Central Nervous System Diseases / pathology
  • Creatine Kinase / metabolism
  • DNA / analysis
  • DNA / genetics
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Muscle, Skeletal / pathology
  • Muscular Dystrophies / complications*
  • Muscular Dystrophies / congenital*
  • Muscular Dystrophies / pathology
  • Neural Conduction / physiology
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / complications*
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / congenital*
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / pathology

Substances

  • DNA
  • Creatine Kinase