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Summary.
Female patient with spinal muscular atrophy type II, she had a normal development until the year
of age, when she began with hypotonus muscular progressive weakness and deterioration of the
progress and development growth, losing the capacity to stay seated by itself, with lost of force in
arms and legs, mainly observable distal fine tremor in fingers when extending the hands and lingual
trembling when opening the mouth and protrude the tongue. Electromyogram denervation was
tested, and the muscular biopsy revealed atrophy in muscular fibers. She lost progressively the
deep osteotendinous reflexes, presenting frequent respiratory complications, and developing an im -
portant thoracic deformity that it forces the use of an orthopedic vest. The prior genetic counseling
concluded sporadic case, but later they had another daughter with spinal muscular atrophy type II
also. Both sisters at the moment are with palliative treatment with orthopedic and rehabilitation mea-
sures.
K e y w o r d s : S p i n a l m u s c u l a r a t r o p h y t y p e I I ; F r i e d - E m e r y ’s d i s e a s e .
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*** Pediatra, Investigador Clínico. Hospital IMSS 14. ** Pediatría Médica. Hospital Civil SSA.
* P e d i a t r a M é d i c a . H o s p i t a l I M S S 1 4 . G u a d a l a j a r a , M é x i c o.
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Paediatrica Perú. Vol 6 (1) 2004.
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Paediatrica Perú. Vol 6 (1) 2004.
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