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Pleomorphic adenoma and myotonic dystrophy: an association?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

M. R. Draper
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Luton and Dunstable Hospital, Luton, UK.
J. M. Pickles
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Luton and Dunstable Hospital, Luton, UK.

Abstract

To date there are only two recorded cases of patients with coexistent pleomorphic adenoma and myotonic dystrophy in the literature. We present two further cases, describe the general features of myotonic dystrophy and discuss the theory of a direct association between these two conditions.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2000

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