Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Case report and review

Muscular dystrophies are a clinically and heterogeneous group of disorders that all share clinical characteristics of progressive muscular weakness. Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common X-linked disorder muscular dystrophy in children, presenting in early childhood and characterized...

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Published inJournal of family medicine and primary care Vol. 6; no. 3; pp. 654 - 656
Main Authors Sinha, Rupam, Sarkar, Soumyabrata, Khaitan, Tanya, Dutta, Soumyajit
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published India Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd 01.07.2017
Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
Subjects
Calf hypertrophy
Care and treatment
Case Report
Case studies
creatine kinase
Diagnosis
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
grower sign
muscle weakness
Calf hypertrophy
creatine kinase
grower sign
muscle weakness
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Summary:Muscular dystrophies are a clinically and heterogeneous group of disorders that all share clinical characteristics of progressive muscular weakness. Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common X-linked disorder muscular dystrophy in children, presenting in early childhood and characterized by proximal muscle weakness and calf hypertrophy in affected boys. There is usually delay in motor development and eventually wheelchair confinement followed by premature death from cardiac or respiratory complications. Treatment modalities such as corticosteroid therapy and use of intermittent positive pressure ventilation have provided improvements in function, ambulation, quality of life, and life expectancy, although novel therapies still aim to provide a cure for this devastating disorder. Here, we present a case of DMD in a 12-year-old male with remarkable clinical and oral manifestations.
ISSN:2249-4863
2278-7135
DOI:10.4103/2249-4863.222015