Early-onset myopathy with fatal cardiomyopathy

What it is

A rare genetic neuromuscular disease characterized by neonatal or infancy onset of delayed motor development, generalized muscle weakness involving also the facial muscles, pseudohypertrophy of lower limb muscles, and joint contractures, associated with childhood onset of rapidly progressive dilated cardiomyopathy with arrhythmias leading to sudden cardiac death. Muscle biopsy in early childhood shows minicore-like lesions and centralized nuclei, with dystrophic features being more conspicuous in the second decade of life.

Key facts

Age of onset

Infancy, Neonatal

Inheritance

Autosomal recessive

Classified as

Disease

Gene

ICD-10 codes

ICD-10 has no distinct code for most rare diseases, so many are filed under the nearest available one. A shared code identifies the group, not this disease — the ORPHAcode above is what identifies it.

Related health topics

Reached through the ICD-10 categories this disease is filed under, so these describe the broader group rather than this disease specifically.

Benefit programs to look at

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