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5 - Myopathies

from Section 2 - Musculoskeletal disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

By
Chantal Crochetiere
Edited by
David R. Gambling ,
M. Joanne Douglas  and
Robert S. F. McKay
Chantal Crochetiere
Affiliation:
Assistant Professor, University of Montréal, Department of Anesthesiology, Sainte-Justine Hospital, chemin Côte-Ste-Catherine, Montréal, QC, Canada
David R. Gambling
Affiliation:
University of California, San Diego
M. Joanne Douglas
Affiliation:
University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Robert S. F. McKay
Affiliation:
University of Kansas
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Summary

Introduction

Myopathies are diseases of the skeletal muscle cell with intact innervation. The hereditary myopathies are the muscular dystrophies, congenital myopathies, metabolic myopathies, inflammatory myopathies, and disorders of muscle membrane excitability. Pregnant women with a myopathy have specific needs depending on the symptoms and severity of the disease. Exacerbation of muscle weakness is common, especially in the third trimester. This decreased muscle strength may not be able to compensate for the high demands of labor and delivery. Pregnancy may occasionally uncover a disease that was previously asymptomatic. Multidisciplinary consultation early in the pregnancy is important for a successful outcome.

Hereditary myopathies (see Table 5.1)

Muscular dystrophy

Muscular dystrophy is a major cause of progressive weakness and wasting of the musculature of the limbs and trunk. It usually can be differentiated from a neuropathy by the involvement of the proximal muscle, the absence of sensory disturbances, and abnormalities of the electromyogram, muscle biopsy, and DNA studies. Muscular dystrophies are the result of a primary genetic defect, which is specific to each type. Inheritance is due to a dominant, a recessive, or a sex-linked gene, or a muscular dystrophy may arise by the occurrence of a mutation. Classification is based on historic descriptions or clinical similarities. Since oculopharyngeal dystrophy has an onset in the fifth or sixth decade it will not be discussed here.

Duchenne, Becker, and Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophies

Duchenne, Becker, and Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophies are sex-linked disorders affecting males and they are now classified as dystrophinopathies.

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  • Myopathies
    • By Chantal Crochetiere, Assistant Professor, University of Montréal, Department of Anesthesiology, Sainte-Justine Hospital, chemin Côte-Ste-Catherine, Montréal, QC, Canada
  • Edited by David R. Gambling, University of California, San Diego, M. Joanne Douglas, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Robert S. F. McKay, University of Kansas
  • Book: Obstetric Anesthesia and Uncommon Disorders
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  • Edited by David R. Gambling, University of California, San Diego, M. Joanne Douglas, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Robert S. F. McKay, University of Kansas
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  • Edited by David R. Gambling, University of California, San Diego, M. Joanne Douglas, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Robert S. F. McKay, University of Kansas
  • Book: Obstetric Anesthesia and Uncommon Disorders
  • Online publication: 19 October 2009
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