Case reports and series of idiopathic camptocormia
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| Report (first author) | Sex M:F | Age, mean/range | Onset | Pattern | CK IU/l | Paraspinal EMG: | Limb EMG | Lumbar paraspinal mus bx | Other mus bx | Radiological examination paraspinal mus | Radiological examination. lumbar spine | Miscellaneous |
| N, normal; ↑, increased; ↓, decreased; mod, moderate; CK, creatine kinase; mus, muscle; bx, biopsy; EMG, electromyogram; PSW, positive sharp waves; fibs, fibrillation; amp, amplitude; MUAP, motor unit action potential; rec, recruitment; CRD, complex repetitive discharges; degen, degenerative changes; regen, regenerative changes; inflam, inflammatory; “–”, not done/information not available. | ||||||||||||
| Delisle44 | 1:13 | 57–75 | Few weeks–9 y | – | – | – | – | Fibrosis | – | Low density heterogeneous appearance | – | – |
| Laroche46 | 5:22 | 63.5/51–81 | 5.2±3 y | Mild weakness of other mus in 4 | N | Neurogenic in 5, myopathic in 11, “uninterpretable” in 16 | Deltoid, gluteal: myopathic in 6, distal leg: neurogenic in 5 | Fibrosis, mod inflam infiltrate in 1 | Deltoid:N in 5 | Low density heterogeneous appearance | Lumbar disc arthrosis, spondylolisthesis in 5. | Family history of similar deformity in 20 |
| Hilliquin48 | 4:12 | 61–86 | – | No other weakness | ↑ in 4 (value not indicated) | Neuropathic in 4, myopathic in 1 | – | Atrophy, fibrosis; mod inflam infiltrate in 6, necrotic fibres in 3 | Atrophy; fibrosis; mod inflam infiltrate in 6 | Atrophy | – | Extrapyramidal features in 5 |
| Ehrenstein47 | 0:1 | 75 | 6 months | N | Small, short MUAP with CRD at lumbar segment | Small, short MUAP with CRD | Quadriceps: type II atrophy | Atrophy and heterogeneity | – | |||
| Poullin49 | 2:0 | 63–64 | – | – | – | – | Non-specific changes including atrophy | – | Atrophy and hypodensity | – | ||
| Pennison-Besnier45 | 0:1 | 72 | 16 months | – | – | – | Neurogenic changes | – | Areas of hypodensity | Facet joint arthritis, spinal stenosis at lumbar 4 and 5 segments | No extrapyramidal features | |
| Serratrice36 | 5:3 | 60.6/49–75 | – | ↑ in 2 | Myopathic in 5, myopathic and neuropathic in 1, N in 2 | – | Fibrosis in 2, necrosis and regen in 1, “fingerprint” in 1 | myopathic in 4 | Areas of hypodensity | N | Family history of similar deformity in 2 | |