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I.はじめに
Werner症候群は,1904年にWerner20)により最初に報告されて以来,Oppenheimer & Kugel11)Thanhau—ser17)らの詳細な報告や類似疾患との鑑別がなされた結果,Irwinら6)にまとめられるように,一定の身体的特徴,早期老化現象,強皮症様皮膚変化,糖尿病傾向などの特定な症状群から構成される独立した症候群として認められている(Table 1).今回,われわれはWerner症候群に髄膜腫を合併し,手術的に全摘し得た2症例を経験したので本症候群と腫瘍との合併(特に中枢神経系腫瘍),糖尿病傾向につき文献的考察を加え報告する.
We present two cases of Werner's syndrome associ-ated with intracranial meningioma. Characteristic clini-cal features of Werner's syndrome include short stature with slender extremities, premature senility, juvenile cataract, skin changes, a tendency to diabetes mellitus and familial occurrence.
A 44-year-old female, who had been treated for di-abetes mellitus, was diagnosed as having Werner's syn-drome because of various characteristic features. A falx meningioma was incidentally found on CT scan, and was surgically removed. Her diabetes mellitus im-proved.
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