title: A giant uterine tumor in a woman with myotonic dystrophy.
abstract: Patients with myotonic dystrophy are at particularly high risk for cancer arising in the endometrium, brain, colon, or ovary. Giant leiomyoma can occur in patients with myotonic muscular dystrophy, a disease accompanied by muscle wasting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology Nara Medical University Kashihara Nara Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-4157-5447
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kataoka
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology Nara Medical University Kashihara Nara Japan.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ueno
keywords: Dystrophia myotonica–protein kinase; leiomyoma; myotonic dystrophy