Caveolin Inclusion Myopathy

We previously reported a new, autosomal dominant or sporadic, proximal myopathy characterized by mild myalgias and muscle weakness, and the presence of intracytoplasmic, hexagonally cross‐linked tubular arrays in type 2 muscle fibres ( Ann Neurol 45:512, 1999). We report the ultrastructural and immunohistochemical characterization of identical inclusions in another patient with an apparent sporadic form of the disease. This 45‐year old male …