Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy and Pleural Effusion

Abstract

Two infants with congenital myotonic dystrophy complicated by pleural effusions and hydrops fetalis are reported from the Valley Children’s Hospital, Fresno, CA, and the Royal Alexandra Hospitals, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Keywords

• congenital myotonic dystrophy
• breathe spontaneously
• asymptomatic