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- Title
Myotonic dystrophy and lipoma: a new association.
- Authors
Yagi, Yohsuke; Machida, Akira; Toru, Shuta; Kobayashi, Takayoshi; Amano, Tomonari; Hirokawa, Katsuiku; Kitagawa, Masanobu
- Abstract
A 58-year-old man developed muscle weakness and had more than 1,000 CTG repeats in the myotonin protein kinase gene. He was diagnosed as having myotonic dystrophy. At the time of diagnosis, a large tumor was detected in his abdominal cavity on CT scan examination. He died from pneumonia 6 years later. At autopsy, the abdominal tumor was diagnosed as a lipoma. Several types of tumor have been reported to be associated with myotonic dystrophy type 1; however, this is the first detailed clinical case demonstrating the possible relationship between myotonic dystrophy and lipoma.
- Subjects
MYOTONIA atrophica; TUMOR diagnosis; DISEASES in older women; PROTEIN kinases; TOMOGRAPHY; AUTOPSY
- Publication
Neurological Sciences, 2012, Vol 33, Issue 6, p1477
- ISSN
1590-1874
- Publication type
Letter
- DOI
10.1007/s10072-011-0896-6