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Table 3 Morphological data

From: ‘Dusty core disease’ (DuCD): expanding morphological spectrum of RYR1 recessive myopathies

Pt

Morph

First morph classification

Age at biopsy

muscle

Optic microscopy

Electron microscopy

fibre size variability

connective tissue

Nuclei

fibre type

cores

rods

other findings

cores’ characteristics

length (sarcomeres)

other relevant findings

p1

DuCD

CNM+

45 ds

n.r.

+

+

I & C++

T1P and A

dusty

no

V, CB

-DC containing OFSM and STDF

up to 30

SAD (>5 sarcomeres)

p2

DuCD

CNM+

26 ys

D

+

-

I & C (rare)

T1U

dusty

no

-

-DC containing OFSM and STDF

up to 30

TR (up to 4) inside dusty cores; SAD (5-8 sarcomeres); Z-line S+J; occasional aligned thickened Z-line fragments inside small areas of disorganization

p3

DuCD

CNM+

21 ys

D

+

-

I & C

T1P and A

dusty + targetoid

no

-

-DC containing OFSM and STDF

up to 20

ZB; AV; Hc; SAD (2-4 sarcomeres); aligned thickened Z-line fragments inside small areas of disorganization in 1 fibre

p4

DuCD

CNM+

20 days

n.r.

+

+

I & C

T1P (mild)

dusty (rare)

no

-

-DC containing OFSM and STDF; multiple

up to 30

TR inside dusty cores; SAD (2-4 sarcomeres); Z-line S (2 sarcomeres)

p5

DuCD

CCD

8 ws

n.r.

+

-

I

T1U

dusty

no

V

n.a.

-

-

p6

DuCD

CNM+

16 ys

D

+++

-

I & C

T1P and A

dusty + targetoid

no

-

-DC containing OFSM and STDF

up to 30

TR (up to 7) inside dusty cores; SAD (3-6 sarcomeres); mitochondrial electrodense inclusion

p7

DuCD

CCD/MFM

76 ys

D

+

-

I & C

T1P

dusty + targetoid

no

-

-DC containing OFSM and STDF

>20

TR inside dusty cores; perinuclear lipofuscin; SAD (3-6 sarcomeres)

p8

DuCD

CCD

23 ys

Q

++

-

I & C

T1P

dusty

no

CB

n.a.

-

-

p9

DuCD

CCD

1 ys

Q

+++

++

I

T1P

dusty

no

-

-DC containing OFSM and STDF

>15

TR inside dusty cores; SAD (5-6 sarcomeres); Z-line S

p10

DuCD

CMN+/MmD

34 ys

D

+

 

I & C

T1P

dusty

no

-

-DC containing OFSM and STDF

up to-30

TR inside dusty cores; SAD (4-5 sarcomeres)

p11

DuCD

CNM/CCD

48 ys

n.r.

+

+

I & C++

T1U

dusty + targetoid

no

-

-DC containing OFSM and STDF

>30

CNM-like features with perinuclear disorganization and vacuolization and nuclear chains; occasional multiple areas of disorganization in the same fibre; SAD (few sarcomeres)

p12

DuCD

CNM

15 days

n.r.

+++

-

I & C

normal

no

no

-

n.a.

-

-

CNM+

4 mos

D

+++

+

I & C

T1P (mild)

dusty

no

V

-DC containing OFSM and STDF

>15

-

CNM+

12 ys

P

+

+/-

I & C

T1U

dusty + targetoid

no

-

-DC containing OFSM and STDF

>20

-

p13

DuCD

CNM

6 ys

n.r.

+

-

I & C

normal

no

no

-

n.a.

-

-

CNM+

28 ys

D

+

+

I & C

T1U

dusty + targetoid

no

-

-DC containing OFSM and STDF

>20

TR inside dusty cores; inverted triads (T-tub/SR/T-tub); abundant T-tubules; SAD (4 sarcomeres); Z-line J

p14

DuCD

CCD

9 ys

D

+

+

normal

T1P

dusty (rare) + targetoid

no

-

-DC containing OFSM and STDF

up to 30

TR (up to 5) inside dusty cores; occasional aligned thickened Z-line fragments inside small areas of disorganization

p15

DuCD

CCD

3 ys

n.r.

+++

++

normal

T1P

dusty

no

-

n.a.

-

-

p16

DuCD

CNM/MmD

57 ys

D

+

-

I & C++

T1P

dusty + targetoid

no

-

-DC containing OFSM and STDF

up to 30

Z-line S+J; inside small areas of disorganization; SAD (2-4 sarcomeres)

p17

DuCD

CCD/MmD

34 ys

D

+

-

I & C

T1P

dusty (rare)

no

-

-DC containing OFSM and STDF

up to 40

TR inside dusty cores; aligned thickened Z-line fragments in the peripheral areas of sarcomeric disorganization; SAD (2-3 sarcomeres); Z-line S

p18

DuCD

CCD/C&R

25 ys

Q

++

++

I

T1U

dusty + targetoid

no

lipid

-DC containing OFSM and STDF, targetoid

only transversal

TR + inverted duplicated triads (T-tub/SR/T-tub)

p19

DuCD

CNM+

4 ys

Q

+

-

I & C++

normal

dusty

no

-

-DC containing OFSM and STDF

up to 15

TR (up to 6) inside dusty cores; SAD (5 sarcomeres)

p20

DuCD

CNM/NM

7 ys

TFL

+

+

I & C++

T1P

dusty

no

V, CB

-DC containing OFSM and STDF

up to 30

TR inside dusty cores; SAD (3-4 sarcomeres)

NM/vacuolar

15 ys

P

+++

+/-

I & C

T1P

dusty

no

V

n.a.

-

-

p21

DuCD

CNM+

5 ys

Q

+

++

I (mild)

T1U

dusty + targetoid

no

-

n.a.

-

-

p22

DuCD

CNM+

21 days

D

+

-

I & C

T1P & A

dusty

no

-

-DC containing OFSM and STDF

up to 15

SAD (2 sarcomeres)

CNM+

12 ys

D

+

+

I & C

T1U

dusty + targetoid

no

-

normal

-

-

p23

DuCD

CNM+

8 ys

Q

+

+

I

T1U

dusty + targetoid

no

-

-DC containing OFSM and STDF

>20

SAD (6 sarcomeres)

p24

DuCD

CCD

15 days

Q

+++

++

I

T1P

dusty

no

-

n.a.

-

-

CCD

1 ys

D

+++

++

I & C

T1P

dusty + targetoid

no

V

 

-

-

p25

DuCD

CNM+

43 ys

D

+

+

I & C

T1P

dusty + targetoid

no

-

-DC containing OFSM and STDF

up to 20

TR inside dusty cores; AV; medium-size (9-10 sarcomeres) areas of disorganization

p26

DuCD+CCD

CCD

32 ys

D

+/-

+

I

T1P

eccentric + dusty (rare)

no

-

-DC containing OFSM and STDF + UC

up to 20

sarcomeric duplication (titin-like); SAD (3 sarcomeres)

p27

CCD

CCD

16 ys

D

+

-

normal

T1P

eccentric (rare)

no

-

n.a.

-

-

p28

CCD

CCD

n.r.

Q

+

-

I (mild)

T1P

eccentric

no

-

n.a.

-

-

p29

CCD

CCD

23 ys

D

+/-

-

I

T1U

multiple

no

-

SC (multiple)

>50

SAD (<10 sarcomeres); Z-line S

p30

CCD

CCD

5 YS

Q

+/-

+/-

normal

T1P

central

no

-

n.a.

-

-

p31

CCD

CCD

n.r.

n.r.

+/-

-

normal

T1P

eccentric

no

-

n.a.

-

-

p32

CCD

CCD

47 ys

n.r.

+/-

-

I

T1P

multiple eccentric

no

-

n.a.

-

-

p33

CCD

CCD

46 ys

n.r.

+

+

I

T1U

central

no

-

UC

>30

-

p34

CCD

CCD

n.r.

n.r.

+

-

I

T1P

central

no

-

n.a.

-

-

p35

CCD

CCD

35 ys

D

+

+

I

T1U

multiple

no

-

UC

>50

small to large areas of disorganization with Z line duplication

p36

CCD

CCD

76 ys

D

+

+

I

T1P

eccentric

no

-

normal

-

-

p37

C&R

CCD

62 ys

D

+

-

I

T1P

dusty-like

yes

-

UC

>15

small (<5 sarcomeres) areas of desorganization

p38

C&R

CCD

21 ys

Q

+

+

I

T1U

eccentric

yes

-

UC

>20

small (<3 sarcomeres) areas of desorganization

p39

C&R

C&R

57 ys

D

+/-

-

normal

T1P &

eccentric

yes

-

UC

>20

small (<5 sarcomeres) areas of desorganization

p40

C&R

C&R

25 ys

D

+

-

normal

T1U

multiple

yes

-

UC & SC

up to 20

small (<3 sarcomeres) areas of desorganization

p41

C&R

C&R

33 ys

D

+

+

I

T1U

eccentric

yes

-

UC & SC

up to 30

-

p42

C&R

CCD

2 ys

D

+

+

normal

T1P

eccentric

yes

-

UC & SC

>15

Focal areas of disorganization (2 sarcomeres) of z-line smearing

p43

C&R

NM/CMD

1 day

n.r.

++

++

I (mild)

T1P & A

dusty-like

yes

-

UC

-

-

p44

T1P+

T1P

3 ys

n.r.

+

+

I (mild)

T1P & A

MFD (mild)

no

-

n.a.

-

-

p45

T1P+

T1P

3 ys

n.r.

+

+

I

T1U

normal

no

-

no

-

cisternae enlargement

p46

T1P+

T1P

2 ys

D

+/-

-

normal

T1U

MFD (rare)

no

-

no

-

-

p47

T1P+

T1P

4 ys

n.r.

-

+

normal

T1U

MFD (mild)

no

-

no

-

-

p48

T1P+

T1P

14 ys

n.r.

+

-

normal

T1P

MFD (mild)

no

Alv

no

-

unstructured areas with mitochondria

  1. DuCD Dusty core disease, CCD Central core disease, C&R Core-rod myopathy, T1P+ Type1 predominance “plus”, CNM Centronuclear myopathy, MmD Multiminicore disease, MFM Myofibrillar myopathy, CMD Congenital muscular dystrophy, NM Nemaline myopathy, D Deltoid, Q Quadriceps, P Paravertebralis muscles, TFL Tensor fascia lata, I Internalised, C Centralised, T1P Type1 predominance, T1U Type1 uniformity, and A Atrophy, -DC Irregular/star-shaped dusty core, OFSM Osmophilic filamentous smeared material, STDF Short thickened darker fragments, UC Unstructured cores, SC Structured cores, SAD Small areas of myofibrillar disorganization, TR Triad replication, ZB Zebra bodies, AV Autophagic vacuoles, Z-line S Streaming; Z-line, J Jagging, Hc Honeycomb figures