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CPT Edwin H. Jenis, MC; CPT Richard R. Lindquist, MC; CPT Robert C. Lister, MC

Arch Neurol. 1969;20(3):281-287.

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THE varieties of congenital myopathy include muscular glycogenosis, megaconial and pleoconial myopathies, congenital muscular dystrophy, central core disease, benign congenital hypotonia, and nemaline myopathy.¹ The purpose of this communication is to report an infant dying with a congenital myopathy which was characterized by a morphologic feature not previously described in any known case. Skeletal muscle from this patient contained numerous eosinophilic intranuclear crystalline inclusions which were seen on routine hematoxylin and eosin stained sections. Special stains and electron microscopic examination revealed additional smaller crystals within the sarcoplasm and occasionally arising from Zbands.

Report of a Case

The patient, a 2-week-old white girl, was admitted to Walter Reed General Hospital on Nov 7, 1967. She was the product of a normal pregnancy, labor, and delivery and was born to a 21-year-old gravida 1, para 0, healthy woman. At birth the infant had spontaneous respirations but was lethargic, hypotonic, and had . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
USA, USAR, USA, Washington, DC

From the Pathology Service (CPT Jenis and Lindquist) and the Department of Pediatrics (CPT Lister), Walter Reed General Hospital, and the Laboratory of Skeletal Muscle Research, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC. CPT Lindquist is currently at the Department of Pathology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Oct 14, 1968; accepted Nov 22.

This material has been reviewed by the Office of The Surgeon General, Department of the Army, and there is no objection to its presentation and/or publication. This review does not imply any indorsement of the opinions advanced or any recommendation of such products as may be named.

Reprint requests to Pathology Service, Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, DC 20012 (CPT Jenis).

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