ArticleCureus2023
Utility of Skeletal Muscle CT in Diagnosing Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 3 in a Patient Who Had Been Undiagnosed for 50 Years.
Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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Abstract
A 69-year-old woman presented with progressive limb weakness lasting 50 years. She denied any congenital disorders or a family history of neuromuscular disease. At ages 29, 46, and 58 years, she underwent hospitalization and evaluations including electromyogram (EMG) and muscle biopsy, but the results were inconclusive. As a result, she received a tentative diagnosis of myopathy of unknown etiology. However, at the age of 69 years, a computed tomography (CT) scan of her skeletal muscles revealed severe involvement of the triceps brachii, iliopsoas, and gastrocnemius muscles, along with preservation of the biceps brachii, gluteus maximus, and tibialis anterior muscles, which was consistent with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Finally, genetic testing revealed the deletion of the survival of the motor neuron 1 (
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