Myositis in father and daughter

Myositis in father and daughter.

The occurrence of myositis in a father and his daughter is reported. The daughter's illness resembled childhood dermatomyositis and progressed to systemic involvement and death less than four years from the onset of symptoms. In the case of the father the illness followed the course of adult polymyositis and there was little evidence of systemic involvement. The immunological and genetic signif...

Fox-Fordyce disease in daughter and father.

On examination, discrete 2to 3-mm perifollicular papules localized to the bilateral axillae ( fig. 1 ) and the pubic area were noted. The color of the papules ranged from flesh-colored to slightly hypopigmented. Additionally, her left axilla showed areas of superficial erosion, erythema and overlying honey-colored crust ( fig. 2 ). Of particular interest, the patient’s father was also examined ...

Arachnodactyly and Ectopia Lentis in a Father and Daughter.

Burch (1936), in a comprehensive review, was largely responsible for furthering recognition of the condition in America, and the number of cases that have been reported, mostly in the ophthalmological literature, during the past ten years is an indication that arachnodactyly is not of extreme rarity, and that many milder cases and 'formes frustes ' have previously passed unrecognized. Stewart (...

Ankylosing spondylitis in a Xhosa father and daughter.

A Xhosa father and daughter with ankylosing spondylitis are reported. Review of the literature revealed a low incidence of ankylosing spondylitis in Blacks in general, with only isolated reports from the continent of Africa itself. To our knowledge, there has been no documentation of ankylosing spondylitis in a black female, or of ankylosing spondylitis in first-degree Black relatives. The clin...

A father and daughter with fragile X chromosome.