[Variant of the facial-scapular-humeral-gluteal-femoral form of primary myopathy in children].

The facial-scapulohumeral-gluteal-femoral form of primary myopathy, described for the first time in 1872 by Duchenne, starts with lesions to the facial muscles and scapulae with subsequent dissemination to the other muscles of the shoulder girdle and lower extremities. The form of primary myopathy is characterized by a rapid development of myodystrophy without remissions and by the autosomal-recessive type of inheritance.