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[A case of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy with sensorineural hearing loss and retinal angioma].
Rinshō Shinkeigaku = Clinical Neurology 1989 November
We report a sporadic case of 12 years old boy with facioscapulohumeral dystrophy (FSHD), sensorineural hearing loss and exudative angioma of bilateral retina. His hearing loss was noted at 9 years, followed by muscle weakness of his right upper extremity at 11 years. Complete neurological examination at 12 years revealed FSH type distribution of muscle weakness with high serum CK level (330 U/L), moderate sensorineural hearing loss and exudative angiomas of bilateral retina. The biopsy from biceps brachii muscle showed advanced dystrophic changes with a dense inflammatory cell infiltration predominating on perivascular distribution and type II fiber predominance. The features of infiltrating lymphocytic surface antigen seen in this case were compatible with those of FSHD rather than those of polymyositis. In the literature, the association of FSHD with hearing loss and retinal vessel abnormalities has been documented on 15 cases as an unusual form of FSHD. However, it has otherwise been noted that the associations of FSHD and hearing loss or retinal vessel abnormalities are unequivocally frequent, Whenever special attention has been made. Morphological examination with light and electron microscopies on the muscle specimen in this patient did not demonstrate any recognizable abnormality such as arterio-venous shunt or thickening of vessel wall basal lamina. However, it cannot be completely excluded that exudation around the abnormal vessel wall in the muscle may play an initial role in the pathogenesis of FSHD. Further morphological survey on vessel abnormalities may be necessary in the FSHD muscle.
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