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Inflammatory facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy and coats syndrome
Author(s) -
Wulff John D.,
Lin James T.,
Kepes John J.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.410120415
Subject(s) - facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy , medicine , muscular dystrophy , myopathy , dystrophy , inflammatory myopathy , physical therapy , pathology
We report a case of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy and Coats syndrome. This association has been reported only once before. Three muscle biopsies from our patient over 13 years showed changes of a slow inflammatory myopathy. Corticosteroid treatment did not improve his clinical status. We postulate that our case may be a variant of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.