Spontaneous keloid formation in patients with Bethlem myopathy

Neurology. 2012 Nov 20;79(21):2158. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182752ebc.

Abstract

A 32-year-old woman and a 50-year-old man with clinically typical Bethlem myopathy developed seemingly spontaneous keloids on their shoulder region (figure). The patients did not recall any significant trauma to their skin in these regions.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Contracture / complications*
  • Contracture / diagnosis*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Keloid / diagnosis*
  • Keloid / etiology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Muscular Dystrophies / complications
  • Muscular Dystrophies / congenital*
  • Muscular Dystrophies / diagnosis

Supplementary concepts

  • Bethlem myopathy