PEDIATRICS Vol. 63 No. 1 January 1979, pp. 124-129
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Muscular Form of Glycogenosis Type II (Pompe's Disease)

Kazuhiko Tanaka M.D.1, Shinichiro Shimazu M.D.1, Noriaki Oya M.D.1, Munehiko Tomisawa M.D.1, Tomoichi Kusunoki M.D.1, Kokichi Soyama M.D.1, and Etsuko Ono Ph.D.1

1 Departments of Pediatrics and Laboratory Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

An 11-year-old boy who was previously thought to have progressive muscular dystrophy was studied biochemically, and histologically. He was seen initially with an amyotonic syndrome with no clinical evidence of heart disease. Light and histochemical examination showed vacuolar degeneration and abnormal accumulation of glycogen in the muscular fibers. Electron microscopy showed aggregates of glycogen granules surrounded by a well-defined membrane, as in previously reported cases of type II glycogenosis. Enzyniatic study disclosed that acid alpha-glucosidase was deficient in muscle, liver, and heart tissue, although neutral cs-glucosidase was present within normal ranges. Measurement of acid and neutral alpha-gtucosidase activity in muscle from the patient and his sisters and in urine from them and their parents indicated that his sisters are heteroz gotes and his parents probably are heterozygotes. The disease was transmitted as an autosomal-recessive trait.

Submitted on April 4, 1978
Accepted on June 20, 1978