Table 1: Clinical and laboratory data in reported cases of congenital cytoplasmic body myopathy.
Authors (year) | Ref. # | Heredity | Sex | Age 1) At onset 2) At examination |
Initial symptoms | serum CK | ECG | EMG | Cardiorespiratory failure |
Clinial course |
Goebel (1981) | 3 | - | F | 1) Day 1 2) 15 y |
Feeding difficulties, vomiting, dysphagia |
inc | N | myo | - | Benign |
Wolburg (1982) case 1 case 2 |
4 |
- - |
M F |
1) Infancy 2) 32 y 1) Infancy 2) 32 y |
Muscle weakness Muscle weakness |
inc N |
NR abn |
mixed mixed |
- + |
Benign Benign |
Mizuno (1989) | 2 | - | F | 1) Infancy 2) 3 months |
Floppy, respiratory distress |
inc |
N |
myo |
+ |
Bed-ridden |
Bertini (1990) | 5 | ? | M | 1) At birth 2) 10 months |
Dysphagia |
N |
N |
myo |
+ |
Dead (14 months) |
Sekijima (1995) | 6 | - | M | 1) At birth 2) 17 y (at autopsy) |
Hypotonia |
inc |
abn |
neuro |
+ |
Dead (17 y) |
Reed (1997) | 7 | AD? | M | 1) Early life 2) 23 y |
Hearing loss |
N |
NR |
N |
+ |
NR |
Present case | - | M | 1) At birth 2) 4 months |
Hydrops, hypotonia, respiratory distress |
N |
N |
undone |
+ |
Dead (2.5 y) |
M: male, F: female, AD: autosomal dominant, inc: increased, N: normal, abn: abnormal, NR: not recorded, ECG: electrocardiography, EMG: electromyography, myo: myogenic, neuro: neurogenic.