Case Report
Serum Cytokine Profile in a Patient Diagnosed with Dysferlinopathy
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of Proband (III:4) skeletal muscles.
| | Muscle name | Muscle strength
(MRC, score) | Intensity of atrophy |
| | Deltoid | 4 | No atrophy observed | | Biceps brachii | 4 | No atrophy observed | | Triceps brachii | 5 | No atrophy observed | | Pectoralis major | 4 | Severe atrophy of the middle portion of the right pectoralis major | | Extensor digitorum | 5 | Normal volume | | Flexor digitorum superficialis | 5 | Atrophy more pronounced in medial bundles | | Flexor digitorum profundus | 4 | Atrophy of the ulnar portion in the lower third of the forearm (flexors of fingers V and IV) is more pronounced | | Thenar group | 5 | No atrophy observed | | Hypothenar group | 5 | No atrophy observed | | Trapezius | 4 | No atrophy observed | | Latissimus dorsi | 4 | No atrophy observed | | Erector spinae | 4 | No atrophy observed | | Glutei | 4 | Moderate atrophy | | Quadriceps femoris | 3.5 | Severe atrophy in the medial and lateral vastus muscles | | Biceps femoris | 3.5 | Severe atrophy | | Adductor major | 2.5 | Severe atrophy | | Tractus iliotibialis (tensor fascie latae) | 3.5 | Moderate atrophy | | Gastrocnemius medial/lateral | 1 | Severe atrophy | | Soleus | 1 | Severe atrophy | | Tibialis anterior | 2 | Moderate atrophy | | Extensor digitorum longus | 3 | Moderate atrophy | | Extensor digitorum brevis | 4 | Hypertrophy |
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