Diagnostic challenges in combined multiple sclerosis and centronuclear myopathy

D B Olsen; A R Langkilde; H Schmalbruch; J Vissing

doi:10.1046/j.1468-1331.2000.t01-1-00105.x

Diagnostic challenges in combined multiple sclerosis and centronuclear myopathy

Eur J Neurol. 2000 Sep;7(5):567-71. doi: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.2000.t01-1-00105.x.

Authors

D B Olsen¹, A R Langkilde, H Schmalbruch, J Vissing

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, The MS Clinic, Glostrup Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark. [email protected]

PMID: 11054145
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.2000.t01-1-00105.x

Abstract

The first case of combined centronuclear myopathy and multiple sclerosis is reported. The difficulties of diagnosing multiple sclerosis in patients with muscular disorders associated with the central nervous system involvement are discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Biopsy
Brain / pathology
Disease Progression
Humans
Interferon-beta / therapeutic use
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Multiple Sclerosis / complications*
Multiple Sclerosis / drug therapy
Multiple Sclerosis / pathology*
Muscle, Skeletal / pathology
Myopathies, Structural, Congenital / complications*
Myopathies, Structural, Congenital / drug therapy
Myopathies, Structural, Congenital / pathology*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Interferon-beta