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Van Wyk-Grumbach syndrome (VWGS) refers to the development of peripheral precocious puberty, long-standing hypothyroidism, and gonadal masses; when not diagnosed, an unnecessary gonadectomy may be performed. Herein, we present a case of a 10-year-old girl with Down's syndrome, short stature, and vitiligo who presented to our hospital with vaginal bleeding and a palpable pelvic mass. Upon ultrasound and topographical examination, bilateral ovarian masses with negative tumor markers were detected.

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Development and Testing of Reduced Versions of the Manual Muscle Test-8 in Juvenile Dermatomyositis.

J Rheumatol

June 2021

C. Malattia, MD, PhD, A. Consolaro, MD, PhD, UOC Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini and Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili (DiNOGMI), Università degli Studi di Genova, Genoa, Italy.

Objective: To develop and test shortened versions of the Manual Muscle Test-8 (MMT-8) in juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM).

Methods: Construction of reduced tools was based on a retrospective analysis of individual scores of MMT-8 muscle groups in 3 multinational datasets. The 4 and 6 most frequently impaired muscle groups were included in MMT-4 and MMT-6, respectively.

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