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Gowers local panatrophy

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Gowers local panatrophy is a rare disease of skin, subcutaneous and muscular tissues, occurring multifocally and related to the syndromes of congenital or acquired lipodystrophy, although it presents similarities with other connective tissue disorders such as scleroderma. We report here the clinical and electromyographic findings in two patients with local panatrophy and emphasize its benign course and its similarity to scleroderma circumscripta.

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La panatrofia locale di Gowers rappresenta una rara affezione di cute, sottocutaneo e tessuto muscolare, a distribuzione multifocale e apparentata con le sindromi congenite o acquisite di lipodistrofia. Vengono qui descritti i rilievi clinici ed EMG in 2 casi di panatrofia locale, e se ne sottolineano il decorso benigno e i rapporti con la forma circoscritta di scleroderma.

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    Montagna P., Medori R., Zappia M. & Gallassi R.

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Montagna, P., Medori, R., Zappia, M. et al. Gowers local panatrophy. Ital J Neuro Sci 5, 457–459 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02042632

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