[Myopathy-lipomatosis associated with A8344G mitochondrial DNA mutation]
K Auré1, D Sternberg, T Maisonobe
1INSERM - Unité 523, Fédération de Neurologie Mazarin, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris.
Abstract:
We report the clinical features of two unrelated patients, a 51-year-old woman and a 54-year-old man, presenting proximal myopathy with lipomatosis. In both patients, muscle biopsies showed numerous ragged-red fibers. Molecular analysis were performed with denaturating gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) on muscle, blood, hair, buccal and urinary cells. The A8344G mutation of the tRNA-lysine gene of the mitochondrial DNA was detected in all tissues at high levels (more than 80 p cent). None of the patients had a contributive family history, and signs of central nervous system involvement were absent. These observations confirm that lipomatosis may be encountered in mitochondrial disorders and is tightly associated with the A8344G mutation.
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