A case Report of Oculocraniosomatic Neuromuscular Disease with "Ragged-red-fibers".
- Author:
Il Nam SUNWOO
1
;
Ki Hwan KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Yeonsei University.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Adult;
Deltoid Muscle;
Female;
Humans;
Neuromuscular Diseases*;
Ophthalmoplegia;
Paresis
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
1983;1(2):68-74
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
This is a case report of oculocraniosomatic neuromuscular disease with "ragged-red fibers". The patients is 36 years old female who is revealing slowly progressive ptosis, external ophthalmoplegia, general weakness and mild right hemiparesis and hemianesthesia. The EMG findings are suggestive of diffuse myopathic process and the frozen muscle specimen from the left deltoid muscle shows the characteristic "ragged-red fibers" with classical myopathic changes.
