Congenital myopathy due to SPEG deficiency is very commonly associated with severe cardiomyopathy

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Congenital myopathy with recessive SPEG gene mutations has been relatively recently discovered (2014) and remains extremely rare. It generally combines centronuclear-type myopathy and cardiomyopathy. Brazilian researchers report the observation of a family with two affected children: 

  • the clinical picture was that of early onset myopathy; 
  • the muscle biopsy showed a marked disproportion in the size of the muscle fibers without nuclear centralization;
  • in the older of the two sisters, a rapidly progressive cardiomyopathy required a heart transplant at the age of 13 years.

 

A Novel SPEG mutation causing congenital myopathy with fiber size disproportion and dilated cardiomyopathy with heart transplantation. Gurgel-Giannetti J, Souza LS, Messina de Pádua Andrade GF et al. Neuromuscul Disord. 2021 Nov;31(11):1199-1206.

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