A treatise on orthopedic surgery . Progressive muscular dystrophy,showing the enlargement of thecalves and the atrophy of theshoulder muscles. Progressive muscular dystrophy, facio-scapulo-humeral type. Extreme lordosisand flexion contractions at the hips. Pseudohypertrophic Muscular Paralysis.—Pseudohypertro-phic paralysis is characterized by progressive weakness of themuscles of the trunk and of the legs, associated with apparenthypertrophy of the calves due in great part to a deposit of fatin the wasting muscles (Fig. 434). DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. 663 The symptoms are caused by a de
A treatise on orthopedic surgery . Progressive muscular dystrophy,showing the enlargement of thecalves and the atrophy of theshoulder muscles. Progressive muscular dystrophy, facio-scapulo-humeral type. Extreme lordosisand flexion contractions at the hips. Pseudohypertrophic Muscular Paralysis.—Pseudohypertro-phic paralysis is characterized by progressive weakness of themuscles of the trunk and of the legs, associated with apparenthypertrophy of the calves due in great part to a deposit of fatin the wasting muscles (Fig. 434). DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. 663 The symptoms are caused by a degenerative atrophy of thenerve terminals and of the muscular fibres and an increase ofthe connective tissue and replacement of the muscular substanceby fat. Diagnosis.—The interest in this latter affection from the ortho-pedic standpoint lies in the diagnosis in the early stage of theaffection. At this time the patient is evidently weak; he walkswith an awkward, shambling gait, and climbing stairs is espe-cially difficult. The
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