Myotonic dystrophy and thymoma.

Myotonic dystrophy and thymoma.

Myasthenia gravis and thymoma coexisting with myotonic dystrophy type 1

We describe a 34-year old man presenting with subacute generalized myasthenic symptoms. His clinical features and laboratory investigations demonstrated both myasthenia gravis and myotonic dystrophy type 1. The computerized tomography of chest revealed anterior mediastinal mass. The lymphocyte-rich thymoma was removed surgically and he received radiotherapy. Recent observations suggested that t...

Myotonic dystrophy

An unquiet life. Memoirs of a physician and cardiologist. This book is of unusual interest. It is not a history of cardiology in Belfast in the last forty years, though that is touched on in some of its aspects. It is the self-revelation of the remarkable man and physician who revolutionised the practice of cardiology in Belfast, in Ulster, and ultimately the world. He may not have meant it, bu...

myotonic dystrophy

SYNOPSIS A case of myotonic dystrophy accompanied by alveolar hypoventilation and hypersomnia is presented. Radiological studies and EMG examination of the intercostal muscles demonstrated that the respiratory muscles were affected by the disease, while polygraphic recordings showed that the alveolar hypoventilation and pulmonary hypertension worsened during sleep. The hypersomnia preceded the ...

Myotonic dystrophy and pregnancy.

Myotonic dystrophy is the most common neuromuscular disease in adults with a prevalence of 2.4-5.5 per 100,000. Here we describe two cases of DM and discuss their obstetric complications. Our first case concerns a 39 year old multipara whose pregnancies were complicated by recurrent abdominal pain, polyhydramnios and post partum haemorrhage which was attributed to DM. In our second case we disc...