Complete fatty degeneration of lumbar erector spinae muscles caused by a primary dysferlinopathy.

P, Seror; M, Krahn; P, Laforet; F, Leturcq; T, Maisonobe

doi:10.1002/mus.20910

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Complete fatty degeneration of lumbar erector spinae muscles caused by a primary dysferlinopathy.

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Seror P

Krahn M

Laforet P

Abstract

Magnetic resonance imaging of the thoracolumbar spine showed complete fatty degeneration of the lumbar erector spinae muscles in a woman who had complained of chronic lower back pain for 5 years and of progressive weakness of the lower limbs for 1 year. Neuromuscular examination of the lower limbs s...

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