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High serum creatine kinase levels associated with cylindrical spirals at muscle biopsy.
Acta neuropathologica - 1 Jan 1995
Rapuzzi S, Prelle A, Moggio M, Rigoletto C, Ciscato P, Comi G, Francesca F, Scarlato G
Abstract excerpt
We studied the muscle biopsy from an asymptomatic patient with high serum creatine kinase values. Subsarcolemmal and intermyofibrillar granular inclusions were seen at the light microscopy level. Ultrastructural observation showed clusters of cylindrical spirals (CS). CS are nonspecific, morphological finding, so far reported only in a few cases, presenting with a wide variety of clinical phenotypes. The case we...
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