Visceral myopathy familial external ophthalmoplegia
Overview
A very rare form of muscle wasting disease involving the eye and gastrointestinal muscles.
Symptoms
* Ptosis * Intestinal pseudoobstruction * Weak eyelids * Visual difficulties * Ocular paresis
Causes
Muscular dystrophy is caused by various genetic mechanisms. Duchenne’s and Becker’s muscular dystrophies are X-linked recessive disorders. Both result from defects in the gene coding for the muscle protein dystrophin; the gene has been mapped to the Xp21 locus. The incidence muscular dystrophy is about 1 in 651,450 persons in the United States. Duchenne’s and Becker’s muscular dystrophies affect males almost exclusively. Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy is an autosomal dominant disorder. Limb-girdle dystrophy is usually autosomal recessive. These two types affect both sexes about equally.
Diagnosis
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