title: Myotonic dystrophy and lipoma: a new association.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, Kyonancho 1-26-1, Musashino, Tokyo, 180-8610, Japan. yyagi-tmd@umin.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yohsuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yagi
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Machida
authors.forename: Shuta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Toru
authors.forename: Takayoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Tomonari
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Amano
authors.forename: Katsuiku
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirokawa
authors.forename: Masanobu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
mesh_terms: D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009223:Myotonic Dystrophy / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*