Noteworthy Cardiovascular Involvement with Sporadic Late-onset Nemaline Myopathy. 2021

Kosuke Matsuzono, and Theerawat Kumutpongpanich, and Kana Kubota, and Takafumi Okuyama, and Kohei Furuya, and Tomoya Yagisawa, and Akie Horikiri, and Takeshi Igarashi, and Kumiko Miura, and Tadashi Ozawa, and Takafumi Mashiko, and Haruo Shimazaki, and Reiji Koide, and Ryota Tanaka, and Hayato Shimizu, and Yasushi Imai, and Kazuomi Kario, and Ichizo Nishino, and Shigeru Fujimoto
Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Japan.

Cardiac involvement has recently been the focus of sporadic late-onset nemaline myopathy (SLONM). However, right ventricular failure and pulmonary hypertension, in addition to repetitive cardiac arrest, are noteworthy characteristics of SLONM. We herein report a 66-year-old woman with SLONM whose main symptoms were cardiac arrest, right ventricular failure, and pulmonary hypertension. Despite permanent pacemaker replacement, cardiac arrest occurred repetitively, and even with continuous positive airway pressure, right ventricular failure and pulmonary hypertension persisted. The patient was finally diagnosed with SLONM by a muscle biopsy. Our case suggests the possibility of cardiovascular involvement in SLONM, especially right ventricular failure and pulmonary hypertension.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D017696 Myopathies, Nemaline A group of inherited congenital myopathic conditions characterized clinically by weakness, hypotonia, and prominent hypoplasia of proximal muscles including the face. Muscle biopsy reveals large numbers of rod-shaped structures beneath the muscle fiber plasma membrane. This disorder is genetically heterogeneous and may occasionally present in adults. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1453) Myopathy, Nemaline,Myopathy, Rod,Myopathy, Rod-Body,Nemaline Myopathies,Adult Onset Nemaline Myopathy,Autosomal Dominant Nemaline Myopathy,Autosomal Recessive Nemaline Myopathy,Childhood Onset Nemaline Myopathy,Late Onset Nemaline Myopathy,Nemaline Body Disease,Nemaline Myopathy,Nemaline Myopathy, Adult Onset,Nemaline Myopathy, Autosomal Dominant,Nemaline Myopathy, Autosomal Recessive,Nemaline Myopathy, Childhood Onset,Nemaline Myopathy, Late Onset,Nemaline Rod Disease,Rod Body Disease,Rod Myopathy,Rod-Body Myopathy,Myopathies, Rod,Myopathies, Rod-Body,Myopathy, Rod Body,Rod Body Myopathy,Rod Myopathies,Rod-Body Myopathies

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