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Pilomatricomas: association with myotonic dystrophy. 1981

M Aso, and S Shimao, and K Takahashi

The association of pilomatricomas with myotonic dystrophy is rare. The following is the 11th case. Some clinical characteristic features suggest that patients with myotonic dystrophy have a predisposition to develop pilomatricomas.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D009223	Myotonic Dystrophy	Neuromuscular disorder characterized by PROGRESSIVE MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MYOTONIA, and various multisystem atrophies. Mild INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY may also occur. Abnormal TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION in the 3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS of DMPK PROTEIN gene is associated with Myotonic Dystrophy 1. DNA REPEAT EXPANSION of zinc finger protein-9 gene intron is associated with Myotonic Dystrophy 2.	Dystrophia Myotonica,Myotonic Dystrophy, Congenital,Myotonic Myopathy, Proximal,Steinert Disease,Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy,Dystrophia Myotonica 1,Dystrophia Myotonica 2,Myotonia Atrophica,Myotonia Dystrophica,Myotonic Dystrophy 1,Myotonic Dystrophy 2,PROMM (Proximal Myotonic Myopathy),Proximal Myotonic Myopathy,Ricker Syndrome,Steinert Myotonic Dystrophy,Steinert's Disease,Atrophica, Myotonia,Atrophicas, Myotonia,Congenital Myotonic Dystrophies,Disease, Steinert,Disease, Steinert's,Dystrophia Myotonica 2s,Dystrophia Myotonicas,Dystrophica, Myotonia,Dystrophicas, Myotonia,Dystrophies, Congenital Myotonic,Dystrophies, Myotonic,Dystrophy, Congenital Myotonic,Dystrophy, Myotonic,Dystrophy, Steinert Myotonic,Myopathies, Proximal Myotonic,Myopathy, Proximal Myotonic,Myotonia Atrophicas,Myotonia Dystrophicas,Myotonic Dystrophies,Myotonic Dystrophies, Congenital,Myotonic Dystrophy, Steinert,Myotonic Myopathies, Proximal,Myotonica, Dystrophia,Myotonicas, Dystrophia,PROMMs (Proximal Myotonic Myopathy),Proximal Myotonic Myopathies,Steinerts Disease,Syndrome, Ricker
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012878	Skin Neoplasms	Tumors or cancer of the SKIN.	Cancer of Skin,Skin Cancer,Cancer of the Skin,Neoplasms, Skin,Cancer, Skin,Cancers, Skin,Neoplasm, Skin,Skin Cancers,Skin Neoplasm