Key result
A 46-year-old male presented with a distinct late-onset vacuolar myopathy and dilated cardiomyopathy characterized by normal acid maltase activity and positive LAMP-2 staining.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report describes a novel presentation of late-onset vacuolar myopathy with dilated cardiomyopathy characterized by positive LAMP-2 staining.
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Alerts clinicians to LAMP-2-positive vacuolar myopathy in late-onset DCM; hypothesis-generating and leaves open need for genetic validation.
Seiichiro Sugimoto (2007) conducted a case report in Late-onset vacuolar myopathy and dilated cardiomyopathy (n=1). Muscle biopsy and LAMP-2 staining was evaluated on Pathological and clinical features. A 46-year-old male presented with a distinct late-onset vacuolar myopathy and dilated cardiomyopathy characterized by normal acid maltase activity and positive LAMP-2 staining.
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