PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Michael L. E. Espir
AU  - W. B. Matthews
TI  - Hereditary quadriceps myopathy
AID  - 10.1136/jnnp.36.6.1041
DP  - 1973 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
PG  - 1041--1045
VI  - 36
IP  - 6
4099  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/36/6/1041.short
4100  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/36/6/1041.full
SO  - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry1973 Dec 01; 36
AB  - A familial myopathy affecting a man, his three daughters, and one of his brothers is reported. The quadriceps muscle was predominantly involved, with aching pain as an early feature, and later prominent areas of hypertrophy projecting from patches of atrophy gave the quadriceps a most striking and unusual appearance. Presentation was in adult life, and the course was relatively benign, pelvic girdle and hand muscles becoming involved later. The evidence suggests a hereditary selective muscular dystrophy rather than polymyositis, although a hereditary form of spinal muscular atrophy could not be excluded entirely.