The symptomatology, morphology and biochemistry of glycogenosis type II (Pompe) in the adult
- 1 June 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Zeitschrift für Neurologie
- Vol. 212 (3), 237-252
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00314526
Abstract
The mild, generalized myopathy (glycogenosis type II) of a 23-year-old male, previously thought to have progressive muscular dystrophy, was studied clinically, electromyographically, biochemically and with the light- and electron microscopes. However, the history and clinical aspects, as well as the registration of high frequency discharges in the electromyogram first made the diagnosis uncertain. This kind of spontaneous activity has been found in nearly all cases reported in the literature. Light microscopic and histochemical examinations show vacular degeneration and glycogen storage in muscle fibres. With the electron microscope we found free dispersed glycogen in the cytoplasm and membrane-bound glycogen, glycogen-filled lysosomes. Biochemical measurements of the muscle enzymes, involved in the glycogen breakdown, were normal except for acid α-1,4-glucosidase, which was deficient. The evidence of these findings in this abortive form of glycogenosis type II is discussed and compared with the few cases found in the literature. Eine zunächst als progressive Muskeldystrophie diagnostizierte Myopathie bei einem 23jährigen Patienten wurde klinisch, elektromyographisch, biochemisch, licht- und elektronenmikroskopisch untersucht. Wir fanden eine leichte, schwach progrediente Myopathie, elektromyographisch ein myopathisches Muster und pseudomyotone Schauer, histologisch-histochemisch eine vacuoläre Degeneration mit Glykogenspeicherung und Zunahme der sauren Phosphatase und elektronenoptisch eine cytoplasmatische und intralysosomale Glykogenspeicherung. Biochemisch wurde ein Mangel an saurer α-1,4-Glucosidase im Muskel nachgewiesen. Die Bedeutung dieser Befunde und die Problematik der Glykogenose Typ II, insbesondere der hier vorgestellten „abortiven“ Form im Erwachsenenalter, wird anhand der Literatur diskutiert.This publication has 67 references indexed in Scilit:
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