Miopatía por déficit de maltasa ácida en el adulto / Myopathy due to acid maltase deficiency in an adult patient

ABSTRACT

We report a 46 years old male presenting with tetraparesis and severe respiratory involvement. He had moderately elevated serum creatine phosphokinase values and the electromyography showed myopathic alterations and irritative signs. In the muscle biopsy a vacuolar myopathy with increased collagen deposits was found. Circulating lymphocytes presented abnormal PAS positive granules in their cytoplasm