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ArticleAutopsy & case reports2020

Dystrophic muscle distribution in late-stage muscular dystrophy.

Celeste Michelle Pilato, Melissa Sue Walker, Andrea M Nguyen, McKay Elizabeth Hanna, Scott Lanxing Huang, Erika Morgan Lutins, M Alex Meredith, Peter Jacob Haar, Mathula Thangarajh, Hope Theresa Richard and 1 more

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Celeste Michelle PilatoVirginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1232-530X
Melissa Sue WalkerVirginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, USA.
Andrea M NguyenVirginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4416-8385
McKay Elizabeth HannaVirginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6524-2770
Scott Lanxing HuangVirginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4281-0496
Erika Morgan LutinsVirginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8016-0594
M Alex MeredithVirginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology.ORCID 0000-0002-8081-6901
Peter Jacob HaarVirginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Department of Radiology.ORCID 0000-0002-4882-8013
Mathula ThangarajhVirginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Department of Neurology.ORCID 0000-0001-9811-0838
Hope Theresa RichardVirginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Department of Pathology.ORCID 0000-0002-5956-0585
Woon Nam ChowVirginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Department of Pathology.ORCID 0000-0003-2745-4291

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Abstract

There is scant information about the comprehensive distribution of dystrophic muscles in muscular dystrophy. Despite different clinical presentations of muscular dystrophy, a recent multi-center study concluded that phenotypic distribution of dystrophic muscles is independent of clinical phenotype and suggested that there is a common pattern of involved muscles. To evaluate this possibility, the present case report used cadaveric dissection to determine the whole-body distribution of fat-infiltrated, dystrophic muscles from a 72-year-old white male cadaver with adult-onset, late-stage muscular dystrophy. Severely dystrophic muscles occupied the pectoral, gluteal and pelvic regions, as well as the arm, thigh and posterior leg. In contrast, muscles of the head, neck, hands and feet largely appeared unaffected. Histopathology and a CT-scan supported these observations. This pattern of dystrophic muscles generally conformed with that described in the multi-center study, and provides prognostic insight for patients and the physicians treating them.

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Cadaver, Muscular Dystrophy, Limb-GirdleMuscular DystrophiesMusculoskeletal System

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PMID33344329
PMCPMC7703009

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