| Extensive inflammatory reaction in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
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| Jae-Hwan Choi1, Young-Eun Park2, Jin-Hong Shin1, Chang-Hoon Lee3, and Dae-Seong Kim1 |
1Department of Neurology, Research Institute for Convergence of Biomedical Science and Technology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Korea
2Department of Neurology, Biomedical Research Center, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea
3Department of Pathology, Biomedical Research Center, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea |
| Corresponding Author:
Dae-Seong Kim ,Tel: +82-55-360-2450 , Fax: +82-55-360-2152 , Email: dskim@pusan.ac.kr |
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Received April 12, 2017 Revised: May 27, 2017 Accepted June 5, 2017 |
| Copyright © 2017 The Korean Society of Clinical Neurophysiology |
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provided the original work is properly cited. |
| ABSTRACT |
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In facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), prominent inflammatory cellular infiltrates mimicking inflammatory myopathies are often observed in muscle biopsies. We report extensive inflammatory changes in a 16-year-old girl who was genetically confirmed as to have FSHD. Immunohistochemical staining revealed that this could be clearly distinguished from inflammatory myopathies, both in terms of cell subsets and the expression of antigenic targets. Our observations strongly suggest that the inflammatory cellular infiltrates in FSHD differ from those observed in inflammatory myopathies.
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| Key words:
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy; Inflammation; Immunohistochemistry |
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