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vacuolar myopathy

vacuolar myopathy

Vacuolar degeneration A structural change–multiple membrane-bound vacuoles–seen in skeletal muscle in glycogen storage disease types II, III, V, VII, AIDS or nutritional deficiency. See Glycogen storage disease.
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Apart from the overlap with authentic inflammatory myopathies, cases of steroid myopathy, hydroxychloroquine-induced myopathy, and even vacuolar myopathy, have been reported (1).
Inflammatory myopathy and autoimmune hepatitis in a patient with a flare of systemic lupus erythematosus: An exceptional association
They usually comprise a vacuolar myopathy with abnormal glycogen accumulation.
Late-Onset Pompe Disease with Nemaline Bodies
A muscle biopsy of specimen reveals vacuolar myopathy with abnormal lysosomal activities.
A rare metabolic disorder: Pompe's disease
(23) A vacuolar myopathy is observed on muscle histology.
Drug-induced myopathies
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