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Montagnese F, Mondello S, Wenninger S, Kress W, Schoser B. Assessing the influence of age and gender on the phenotype of myotonic dystrophy type 2. J Neurol 2017; 264:2472-2480. [PMID: 29086017 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-017-8653-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2017] [Revised: 10/16/2017] [Accepted: 10/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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This study aims to provide a detailed clinical characterization of a large cohort of myotonic dystrophy type 2 (DM2) patients investigating the influence of age and gender as modifying factors of DM2 phenotype. A retrospective study was conducted on 307 patients with genetically confirmed DM2. The following data were analyzed: (1) demographics, (2) clinical features (first symptom, muscular complaints, and multisystemic involvement), (3) diagnostics (serological tests, electromyography, and muscle biopsy). In this cohort (186 females, 121 males), a proximal weakness was the leading symptom at onset (55.4%), followed by myalgia (35.5%) and myotonia (25.4%). Proximal weakness was more common in women than men (64.9 vs. 43.8%, p = 0.0006), whereas being male was associated with higher odds for developing myalgia [OR 2.94 (95% CI 1.53-5.67)]. Patients with muscle weakness at onset were older than those with myalgia and myotonia (p < 0.0001), while each additional disease year was associated with 10% decrease in the odds of developing myotonia [OR 0.9 (95% CI 0.87-0.93)] and 6% decrease of myalgia [OR 0.94 (95% CI 0.91-0.97)]. Cataract and thyroid diseases occurred more frequently in women (p = 0.002 and p = 0.002, respectively). Early onset of DM2 is an independent risk factor for the occurrence of multisystemic involvement [OR 0.94 (95% CI 0.90-0.98)]. In this updated clinical description of DM2 emerges a profound gender and age influence on the phenotype, emphasizing that female gender and ageing may be associated with a higher disease burden. These age- and gender-specific differences should be considered in diagnostics, management, and future clinical studies of DM2.
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- Federica Montagnese
- Friedrich-Baur-Institute, Department of Neurology, University Clinics Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Ziemssenstr. 1a, 80336, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Friedrich-Baur-Institute, Department of Neurology, University Clinics Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Ziemssenstr. 1a, 80336, Munich, Germany
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- Friedrich-Baur-Institute, Department of Neurology, University Clinics Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Ziemssenstr. 1a, 80336, Munich, Germany.
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Schmacht L, Traber J, Grieben U, Utz W, Dieringer MA, Kellman P, Blaszczyk E, von Knobelsdorff-Brenkenhoff F, Spuler S, Schulz-Menger J. Cardiac Involvement in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 2 Patients With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Detection by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2017; 9:CIRCIMAGING.115.004615. [PMID: 27363857 DOI: 10.1161/circimaging.115.004615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2015] [Accepted: 05/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Myotonic dystrophy type 2 (DM2) is a genetic disorder characterized by skeletal muscle symptoms, metabolic changes, and cardiac involvement. Histopathologic alterations of the skeletal muscle include fibrosis and fatty infiltration. The aim of this study was to investigate whether subclinical cardiac involvement in DM2 is already detectable in preserved left ventricular function by cardiovascular magnetic resonance. METHODS AND RESULTS Twenty-seven patients (mean age, 54±10 years; 20 females) with a genetically confirmed diagnosis of DM2 were compared with 17 healthy age- and sex-matched controls using a 1.5 T magnetic resonance imaging. For myocardial tissue differentiation, T1 and T2 mapping, fat/water-separated imaging, focal fibrosis imaging (late gadolinium enhancement [LGE]), and (1)H magnetic resonance spectroscopy were performed. Extracellular volume fraction was calculated. Conduction abnormalities were diagnosed based on Groh criteria. LGE located subepicardial basal inferolateral was detectable in 22% of the patients. Extracellular volume was increased in this region and in the adjacent medial inferolateral segment (P=0.03 compared with healthy controls). In 21% of patients with DM2, fat deposits were detectable (all women). The control group showed no abnormalities. Myocardial triglycerides were not different in LGE-positive and LGE-negative subjects (P=0.47). Six patients had indicators for conduction disease (60% of LGE-positive patients and 12.5% of LGE-negative patients). CONCLUSIONS In DM2, subclinical myocardial injury was already detectable in preserved left ventricular ejection fraction. Extracellular volume was also increased in regions with no focal fibrosis. Myocardial fibrosis was related to conduction abnormalities.
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- Luisa Schmacht
- From the Working Group on Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Experimental, and Clinical Research Center, a joint cooperation between the Charité University Medicine Berlin and the Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, and HELIOS Klinikum Berlin Buch, Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Germany (L.S., J.T., W.U., M.A.D., E.B., F.v.K.-B., J.S.-M.); DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Berlin, Germany (L.S., F.v.K.-B, J.S.-M.); Muscle Research Unit, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, a joint cooperation between the Charité Medical Faculty and the Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany (U.G., S.S.); and Laboratory of Cardiac Energetics, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (P.K.)
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- From the Working Group on Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Experimental, and Clinical Research Center, a joint cooperation between the Charité University Medicine Berlin and the Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, and HELIOS Klinikum Berlin Buch, Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Germany (L.S., J.T., W.U., M.A.D., E.B., F.v.K.-B., J.S.-M.); DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Berlin, Germany (L.S., F.v.K.-B, J.S.-M.); Muscle Research Unit, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, a joint cooperation between the Charité Medical Faculty and the Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany (U.G., S.S.); and Laboratory of Cardiac Energetics, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (P.K.)
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- From the Working Group on Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Experimental, and Clinical Research Center, a joint cooperation between the Charité University Medicine Berlin and the Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, and HELIOS Klinikum Berlin Buch, Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Germany (L.S., J.T., W.U., M.A.D., E.B., F.v.K.-B., J.S.-M.); DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Berlin, Germany (L.S., F.v.K.-B, J.S.-M.); Muscle Research Unit, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, a joint cooperation between the Charité Medical Faculty and the Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany (U.G., S.S.); and Laboratory of Cardiac Energetics, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (P.K.)
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- From the Working Group on Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Experimental, and Clinical Research Center, a joint cooperation between the Charité University Medicine Berlin and the Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, and HELIOS Klinikum Berlin Buch, Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Germany (L.S., J.T., W.U., M.A.D., E.B., F.v.K.-B., J.S.-M.); DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Berlin, Germany (L.S., F.v.K.-B, J.S.-M.); Muscle Research Unit, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, a joint cooperation between the Charité Medical Faculty and the Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany (U.G., S.S.); and Laboratory of Cardiac Energetics, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (P.K.)
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- From the Working Group on Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Experimental, and Clinical Research Center, a joint cooperation between the Charité University Medicine Berlin and the Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, and HELIOS Klinikum Berlin Buch, Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Germany (L.S., J.T., W.U., M.A.D., E.B., F.v.K.-B., J.S.-M.); DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Berlin, Germany (L.S., F.v.K.-B, J.S.-M.); Muscle Research Unit, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, a joint cooperation between the Charité Medical Faculty and the Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany (U.G., S.S.); and Laboratory of Cardiac Energetics, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (P.K.)
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- From the Working Group on Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Experimental, and Clinical Research Center, a joint cooperation between the Charité University Medicine Berlin and the Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, and HELIOS Klinikum Berlin Buch, Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Germany (L.S., J.T., W.U., M.A.D., E.B., F.v.K.-B., J.S.-M.); DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Berlin, Germany (L.S., F.v.K.-B, J.S.-M.); Muscle Research Unit, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, a joint cooperation between the Charité Medical Faculty and the Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany (U.G., S.S.); and Laboratory of Cardiac Energetics, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (P.K.)
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- From the Working Group on Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Experimental, and Clinical Research Center, a joint cooperation between the Charité University Medicine Berlin and the Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, and HELIOS Klinikum Berlin Buch, Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Germany (L.S., J.T., W.U., M.A.D., E.B., F.v.K.-B., J.S.-M.); DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Berlin, Germany (L.S., F.v.K.-B, J.S.-M.); Muscle Research Unit, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, a joint cooperation between the Charité Medical Faculty and the Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany (U.G., S.S.); and Laboratory of Cardiac Energetics, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (P.K.)
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- From the Working Group on Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Experimental, and Clinical Research Center, a joint cooperation between the Charité University Medicine Berlin and the Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, and HELIOS Klinikum Berlin Buch, Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Germany (L.S., J.T., W.U., M.A.D., E.B., F.v.K.-B., J.S.-M.); DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Berlin, Germany (L.S., F.v.K.-B, J.S.-M.); Muscle Research Unit, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, a joint cooperation between the Charité Medical Faculty and the Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany (U.G., S.S.); and Laboratory of Cardiac Energetics, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (P.K.)
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- From the Working Group on Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Experimental, and Clinical Research Center, a joint cooperation between the Charité University Medicine Berlin and the Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, and HELIOS Klinikum Berlin Buch, Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Germany (L.S., J.T., W.U., M.A.D., E.B., F.v.K.-B., J.S.-M.); DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Berlin, Germany (L.S., F.v.K.-B, J.S.-M.); Muscle Research Unit, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, a joint cooperation between the Charité Medical Faculty and the Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany (U.G., S.S.); and Laboratory of Cardiac Energetics, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (P.K.)
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- From the Working Group on Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Experimental, and Clinical Research Center, a joint cooperation between the Charité University Medicine Berlin and the Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, and HELIOS Klinikum Berlin Buch, Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Germany (L.S., J.T., W.U., M.A.D., E.B., F.v.K.-B., J.S.-M.); DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Berlin, Germany (L.S., F.v.K.-B, J.S.-M.); Muscle Research Unit, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, a joint cooperation between the Charité Medical Faculty and the Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany (U.G., S.S.); and Laboratory of Cardiac Energetics, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (P.K.).
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Sindoni A, Rodolico C, Pappalardo MA, Portaro S, Benvenga S. Hypothyroid myopathy: A peculiar clinical presentation of thyroid failure. Review of the literature. Rev Endocr Metab Disord 2016; 17:499-519. [PMID: 27154040 DOI: 10.1007/s11154-016-9357-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
Abnormalities in thyroid function are common endocrine disorders that affect 5-10 % of the general population, with hypothyroidism occurring more frequently than hyperthyroidism. Clinical symptoms and signs are often nonspecific, particularly in hypothyroidism. Muscular symptoms (stiffness, myalgias, cramps, easy fatigability) are mentioned by the majority of patients with frank hypothyroidism. Often underestimated is the fact that muscle symptoms may represent the predominant or the only clinical manifestation of hypothyroidism, raising the issue of a differential diagnosis with other causes of myopathy, which sometimes can be difficult. Elevated serum creatine kinase, which not necessarily correlates with the severity of the myopathic symptoms, is certainly suggestive of muscle impairment, though it does not explain the cause. Rare muscular manifestations, associated with hypothyroidism, are rhabdomyolysis, acute compartment syndrome, Hoffman's syndrome and Kocher-Debré-Sémélaigne syndrome. Though the pathogenesis of hypothyroid myopathy is not entirely known, proposed mechanisms include altered glycogenolytic and oxidative metabolism, altered expression of contractile proteins, and neuro-mediated damage. Correlation studies of haplotype, muscle gene expression and protein characterization, could help understanding the pathophysiological mechanisms of this myopathic presentation of hypothyroidism.
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- Alessandro Sindoni
- Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and of Morphological and Functional Images, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Odontoiatriche e delle Immagini Morfologiche e Funzionali, Università degli Studi di Messina, Via Consolare Valeria, 1, 98125, Messina, Italy.
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- IRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino Pulejo", SS 113, Via Palermo, c.da Casazza, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
- Master Program on Childhood, Adolescent and Women's Endocrine Health, Messina, Italy
- Interdepartmental Program of Clinical and Molecular Endocrinology & Women's Endocrine Health, A.O.U. Policlinico "G. Martino", Messina, Italy
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