Myofibrillar myopathy: a rare but important differential diagnosis of camptocormia in a patient with Parkinson’s Disease

Jan Niklas Petry-Schmelzer; Angela Abicht; Michael T. Barbe; Gilbert Wunderlich

doi:10.1186/s42466-023-00250-y

Neurological Research and Practice (Jun 2023)

Myofibrillar myopathy: a rare but important differential diagnosis of camptocormia in a patient with Parkinson’s Disease

Jan Niklas Petry-Schmelzer,
Angela Abicht,
Michael T. Barbe,
Gilbert Wunderlich

Affiliations

Jan Niklas Petry-Schmelzer: Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Cologne
Angela Abicht: Medizinisch Genetisches Zentrum (MGZ) München
Michael T. Barbe: Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Cologne
Gilbert Wunderlich: Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Cologne

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s42466-023-00250-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 3

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Abstract Here we report on a patient with Parkinson's Disease and camptocormia due to Myofibrillar Myopathy Type 3. By leading the reader through the clinical reasoning process and highlighting the respective red flags we aim to increase the readers’ awareness for the differential diagnosis of camptocormia.

Published in Neurological Research and Practice

ISSN: 2524-3489 (Online)
Publisher: BMC
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
Website: https://neurolrespract.biomedcentral.com/

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