Clinical features of Dystrophia Myotonica can be remembered as
' Dy. S.T.R.O.P.H.I.A '
* Distal muscles weakness and wasting, Dysmotility of GI muscles and biliary tree, Dementia
* Swan neck appearance of neck
* Testicular atrophy, erectile dysfunction
* Reflexes depressed or absent, Reduced life span
* Obviously enlarged breast and baldness
* Ptosis, Pulmonary infections, Pseudodrop attack due to quadriceps weakness
* Hatchet face ,Heart diseases
* Intrinsic muscles of hand wasting, IQ low
* Autosomal dominant inheritance
* Myotonia
' Dy. S.T.R.O.P.H.I.A '
* Distal muscles weakness and wasting, Dysmotility of GI muscles and biliary tree, Dementia
* Swan neck appearance of neck
* Testicular atrophy, erectile dysfunction
* Reflexes depressed or absent, Reduced life span
* Obviously enlarged breast and baldness
* Ptosis, Pulmonary infections, Pseudodrop attack due to quadriceps weakness
* Hatchet face ,Heart diseases
* Intrinsic muscles of hand wasting, IQ low
* Autosomal dominant inheritance
* Myotonia
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