A TPM3 mutation causing cap myopathy

Neuromuscul Disord. 2009 Oct;19(10):685-8. doi: 10.1016/j.nmd.2009.06.365. Epub 2009 Jun 23.

Abstract

Cap disease is a rare congenital myopathy associated with skeletal malformations and respiratory involvement. Abnormally arranged myofibrils taking the appearance of a "cap" are the morphological hallmark of this entity. We report a case of cap disease concerning a 42-year-old man, without any family history and presenting a p.Arg168His mutation on the TPM3 gene. His first biopsy at 7years had only shown selective type I hypotrophy. Mutations of TPM3 gene have been found in nemaline myopathy, congenital fiber type disproportion, but never before in cap disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Child
  • DNA Mutational Analysis
  • Disease Progression
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Muscle, Skeletal / pathology
  • Muscle, Skeletal / ultrastructure
  • Muscular Diseases / genetics*
  • Muscular Diseases / pathology
  • Point Mutation
  • Tropomyosin / genetics*
  • White People

Substances

  • TPM3 protein, human
  • Tropomyosin