Ischemic Stroke with Antiphospholipid Syndrome in a Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 Patient: A Rare Case Report

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder with various phenotypes involving multiple systems. Stroke co-occurrence in DM1 rare, but can cause severe dysfunction patient’s quality of life. However, the mechanism stroke patients poorly understood. In this case report, we present patient who was diagnosed while suffering from brain embolic infarction due to antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). This first known APS. The coexistence these two multisystem diseases may make diagnosis difficult, and there possibility symptoms organs. We should pay attention autoimmune disease based on an disease.