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Myotonic dystrophy: a retrospective diagnosis

Published in: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia
Volume 18 , issue 4 , 2012 , pages: 214–216

DOI: 10.1080/22201173.2012.10872855

Author(s): D Jain Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, India , A Chakravarty Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, India

Keywords: myotonic dystrophy , intraoperative and postoperative complications

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Abstract

Myotonic dystrophy is not commonly encountered in anaesthetic practice and its existence in a patient can easily go undetected, leading to intraoperative and postoperative complications. We report a case of a 45-year-old female without any typical features of myotonic dystrophy, who presented at our hospital for a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Postoperatively, on account of a delayed recovery, she was diagnosed with myotonic dystrophy.

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