Congenital muscular dystrophy with characteristic radiological findings similar to those with Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy

Congenital muscular dystrophy with characteristic radiological findings similar to those with Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy

Ajay Garg¹, Sheffali Gulati², Vipul Gupta¹, Veena Kalra²
¹ Departments of Neuroradiology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
² Departments of Pediatrics, AIIMS, New Delhi, India

Correspondence Address:
Sheffali Gulati
Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi - 110029
India

PMID: 15626844

Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy (FCMD) is the most common congenital muscular dystrophy in Japan and there are isolated reports of non-Japanese patients with FCMD. We report an Indian patient with congenital muscular dystrophy and characteristic radiological findings similar to those with FCMD.

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