HSPB8-related autosomal dominant distal axonal motor neuropathy-myofibrillar myopathy syndrome

What it is

A rare genetic neuromuscular disease characterized by length-dependent axonal motor neuropathy predominantly affecting the lower limbs, in combination with a myopathy with morphological features of myofibrillar myopathy with aggregates and rimmed vacuoles. Age of onset is typically in the second to third decade of life. Patients present with slowly progressive muscle weakness and atrophy initially affecting the distal lower limbs and later progressing to involve proximal limbs and also truncal muscles. There is no involvement of respiratory and cardiac muscles.

Key facts

Prevalence

<1 / 1 000 000

Age of onset

Adolescent, Adult, Childhood

Inheritance

Autosomal dominant

Classified as

Disease

Prevalence figures describe populations, not individuals, and are often estimates from a single study. Where the figure is an incidence or a birth prevalence, it says so.

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

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