TLDR A woman with myotonic dystrophy had multiple skin tumors on her scalp, suggesting a genetic link.
A 50-year-old woman with myotonic dystrophy (Curschmann-Steinert disease) was reported to have multiple pigmented basal cell carcinomas on her scalp, along with androgenetic alopecia, which is typical for this disorder. This case supported previous observations by Stieler and Plewig in 1986, suggesting a potential genetic predisposition for developing various skin tumors with follicular origins in patients with myotonic dystrophy, as evidenced by the occurrence of multiple pilomatricomas in such individuals.
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