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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Nov 20.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Rheum. 2008 Nov;58(11):3627–3631. doi: 10.1002/art.24037

Table 2.

Clinical findings in the 2 fibromyalgia-diagnosed patients who were found to have myotonic dystrophy type 2

Patient 1 Patient 2
Age at fibromyalgia diagnosis, years 45 39
Age at evaluation, years 48 45
Age at symptom onset, years 38 37
Symptoms at onset Muscle pain and muscle stiffness Muscle pain and muscle stiffness
Years of subjective weakness 5 7
Clinical myotonia Absent Absent
Myotonia on electromyography Present and widespread Absent
Cataracts Absent Absent
Myalgia Present and widespread Present and widespread
Serum creatine kinase, units/liter (normal 35–210) 411 60
Serum gamma glutamyl transferase, units/liter (normal 10–75) 76 Not tested
Other Cholecystectomy at age 39 years Sensorineural hearing loss, excessive sweating, tremor of hands