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Severe neonatal myotonic dystrophy (chest roentgenogram)

This newborn boy had right diaphragmatic paralysis and no movement of that hemidiaphragm on real-time fluoroscopy. The bell-shaped thorax and thin ribs are characteristic in many unrelated congenital neuromuscular diseases and are not specific for myotonic dystrophy. (Reproduced with permission from: Sarnat HB, O’Connor T, Byrne PA. Clinical effects of myotonic dystrophy on pregnancy and the neonate. Arch Neurol 1976;33:459-65. Copyrighted 1976, American Medical Assoc.)

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Associated Disorders

  • Steinert disease, neonatal form
  • congenital myopathies
  • myotonic disorders