Visceral Changes in Myotonic Dystrophy
Authors: BERNARD M. SCHUMAN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1965)

Article1 November 1965Visceral Changes in Myotonic DystrophyBERNARD M. SCHUMAN, M.D., JOSEPH A. RINALDO JR., M.D., J. DANA DARNLEY, M.D.BERNARD M. SCHUMAN, M.D., JOSEPH A. RINALDO JR., M.D., J. DANA DARNLEY, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-63-5-793 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe myotonia and eventual atrophy of skeletal muscle have diverted attention from alterations of other muscular structures in myotonic dystrophy. In recent years greater recognition of this disease as a generalized muscular disorder has come about because of reports of significant cardiopulmonary changes (1). These changes have been found prior to clinically evident skeletal myotonia in some instances (2). That smooth muscle may be affected has not been widely appreciated, and associated functional alteration of viscera has been overlooked as a source of symptoms in this disorder.METHODSWe studied seven males and five females who had clinical evidence of...References1. KILBURNEAGANSIEKERHEYMAN KHJTHOA: Cardiopulmonary insufficiency in myotonic and progressive muscular dystrophy. New Eng. J. Med. 261: 1089, 1959. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. CANNON PJ: The heart and lungs in myotonic muscular dystrophy. Amer. J. Med. 32: 765, 1962. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. RINALDOGAHAGAN JAT: Narrow lower esophageal ring. Pathogenesis and physiology. Amer. J. Dig. Diseases. In press. Google Scholar4. SIEGEL S: Nonparametric Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences. McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc. New York, 1956. p. 116. Google Scholar5. KRAMERATKINSONWYMANINGELFINGER PMSMFJ: The dynamics of swallowing: II, neuromuscular dysphagia of the pharynx. J. Clin. Invest. 36: 589, 1957. 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