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Postpoliomyelitis muscle pseudohypertrophy
Author(s) -
Bertorini Tulio E.,
Igarashi Masanori
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
muscle and nerve
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1097-4598
pISSN - 0148-639X
DOI - 10.1002/mus.880080803
Subject(s) - muscle hypertrophy , adipose tissue , medicine , anatomy , poliomyelitis , muscle tissue , myopathy , pathology
A 62‐year‐old patient who had had acute paralytic poliomyelitis in early childhood developed bilateral lower limb muscle pseudohypertrophy. The pseudohypertrophy was caused primarily by an enormous excess of adipose tissue replacing muscle fibers, and, in part, by work hypertrophy of muscle fibers.