J Korean Orthop Assoc.
1979 Mar;14(1):119-123. 10.4055/jkoa.1979.14.1.119.
Myotonic Dystrophy (A case report)
- KMID: 2460652
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.4055/jkoa.1979.14.1.119
Abstract
- Myotonia is characterized by failure of the voluntary muscles to relax immediately and persistence of contraction following voluntery movement or mechanical and electrical stimulation, Myotonic dystrophy (myotonia dystrophica, myotonia atrophica, Steinert's disease) is a hereditary progressive muscular abnormality with dominent transmittance and is characterized by myotonia, muscular wasting and weakness, and frequent association of frontal baldness, testicular atrophy, cataracts, and other nonmuscular abnormalities, We report a case of myotonic dystrophy in a 38 year-old man who had myotonia, muscular wasting and weakness, testicular atrophy, and frontal baldness, Electrodiagnostic studies indicated typical myotonic dystrophy. A review of literature is included.
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