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Myalgia as the revealing symptom of multicore disease and fibre type disproportion myopathy.   Multicore disease and congenital fibre type disproportion myopathy are diseases assigned to the heterogeneous group of congenital myopathies. Although hypotonia and muscle weakness appearing in early life are the commonest manifestations of these diseases, distinct phenotypes and late onset cases have been described.

Multicore myopathy: not always a benign entity.  Four patients with Multicore Myopathy, a rare morphologically distinct myopathy, are described. Although previously considered to be a non-progressive or only slowly progressive myopathy, progression to significant disability was seen in three of our cases.

The respiratory muscles in multicore myopathy."Multicore myopathy is a rare congenital myopathy that can cause progressive weakness, but it has not been recognized previously to have respiratory consequences. This study describes two patients who developed respiratory failure because of respiratory muscle weakness." 

Multicore myopathy: respiratory failure and paraspinal muscle contractures are important complications.Three ambulant males with multicore myopathy, a rare congenital myopathy, are reported with nocturnal hypoventilation progressing to respiratory failure at the age of 9, 13, and 21 years. Deterioration in these individuals occurred over several months without any precipitating event.

Multicore myopathy--a case report   "Multicore myopathy is a rare congenital myopathy. The multicores consist of numerous small areas of decreased oxidative enzyme activity. The long axis of the lesion is perpendicular or parallel to the long axis of the muscle fiber. These cores are usually smaller than central cores. For this reason they are also called minicores. "

Rapidly progredient scoliosis associated with multicore disease

Cardiomyopathy and multicore myopathy with accumulation of intermediate filaments

Multicore myopathy with restrictive cardiomyopathy.

Multicore Myopathy presenting in adulthood with respiratory failure No abstract.  However, I have the text version. If you are interested.  I can email it to you.

Multi-minicore disease revisited.  Multi-minicore disease (MmD) is an infrequent congenital myopathy, defined by structural changes in optic and electron microscopy, namely, multiple small areas lacking oxidative enzyme activity and focal disorganization of contractile proteins involving at most a few sarcomeres.