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.