Reports a rare association of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy and Coats syndrome that did not respond to corticosteroids.
Corticosteroids may not benefit FSHD-Coats overlap; leaves open optimal management for this rare association.
We report a case of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy and Coats syndrome. This association has been reported only once before. Three muscle biopsies from our patient over 13 years showed changes of a slow inflammatory myopathy. Corticosteroid treatment did not improve his clinical status. We postulate that our case may be a variant of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.
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