| Literature DB >> 10563749 |
Y Takeuchi1, Y Murata, J Sintani, H Masukawa, R Nakamura, K Oi, Y Kato, M Niinomi.
Abstract
We report a rare case of Klinefelter's syndrome (KS) with mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD), diabetes mellitus (DM) and several endocrine disorders. A 57-year-old man presented with polyarthritis and tapering fingers with Raynaud's phenomenon on admission. In addition to a karyotype of 47, XXY, a marked restrictive change in respiratory functional test, a myogenic pattern in electromyogram, the positive tests for anti-RNP antibody indicated that this was a case of KS complicated with MCTD. The patients also presented DM with insulin resistance, hyperprolactinemia, slight primary hypothyroidism and hypoadrenocorticism. The mechanism for these coincidences remains to be elucidated.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID: 10563749 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.38.875
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Intern Med ISSN: 0918-2918 Impact factor: 1.271