RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Anal abnormalities in childhood myotonic dystrophy--a possible source of confusion in child sexual abuse.
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 527
OP 528
DO 10.1136/adc.67.4.527
VO 67
IS 4
A1 W Reardon
A1 H E Hughes
A1 S H Green
A1 V Lloyd Woolley
A1 P S Harper
YR 1992
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/67/4/527.abstract
AB Myopathic involvement of the perianal musculature is one of the less well recognised features of myotonic dystrophy in children and may present with physical signs suggestive of sexual abuse. Details of six children with myotonic dystrophy are presented to emphasise the importance of considering an underlying myopathic condition in the differential diagnosis of anal laxity.