Polymyositis Masking Statin-Induced Necrotizing Autoimmune Myopathy: A Teachable Moment.
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DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2025.3862
Abstract: This case report describes a patient in their 70s with treatment-resistant polymyositis, coronary artery disease, bare-metal stent placement, 3 months of fatigue, and worsening proximal muscle weakness. read more here.
Keywords: necrotizing autoimmune; masking statin; statin induced; polymyositis masking ... See more keywords
P93. Coincidence of myasthenia gravis and polymyositis: A case report
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DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2018.04.716
Abstract: The coincidence of polymyositis and myasthenia gravis is rare and often only one of the two diseases is being diagnosed. We report the case of a 51 year old female patient in which myasthenia gravis (class… read more here.
Keywords: polymyositis; myasthenia; report; coincidence ... See more keywords
Prompt response to rituximab in a patient with resistant polymyositis with complications of dysphagia and dysphonia: a case report
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DOI: 10.1097/ms9.0000000000002490
Abstract: Introduction and importance: Polymyositis is an inflammatory process, primarily affecting proximal muscles, characterized by elevated muscle enzymes and distinctive electromyography patterns. Case presentation: The authors present a case of a 33-year-old male patient experiencing complications… read more here.
Keywords: response; dysphagia dysphonia; rituximab; case ... See more keywords
Successful diagnosis and treatment of canine polymyositis: utilizing MRI and immunohistochemistry for accurate detection
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DOI: 10.1186/s12917-024-04356-6
Abstract: Inflammatory myopathy is generally categorized into generalized inflammatory myopathies (gIM), which affect muscles throughout the body, and focal inflammatory myopathies (fIM), which are localized to specific muscles or muscle groups. This report details a case… read more here.
Keywords: diagnosis; mri immunohistochemistry; treatment; inflammatory ... See more keywords
Progressive hypoventilation due to mixed CD8+ and CD4+ lymphocytic polymyositis following tremelimumab - durvalumab treatment
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DOI: 10.1186/s40425-017-0258-x
Abstract: Background The combination of CTLA-4 and PD-L1 inhibitors has a manageable adverse effect profile, although rare immune-related adverse events (irAE) can occur. Case presentation We describe an autoimmune polymyositis following a partial response to combination… read more here.
Keywords: tremelimumab durvalumab; treatment; polymyositis; polymyositis following ... See more keywords
Evolution of different clinical patterns of cutaneous lesions in a suspected COVID-19 patient
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DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2020.3925
Abstract: 747 Antinuclear antibodies and autoantibodies to extractable nuclear antigens (including anti-Jo-1, anti-Mi-2 and antiTIF1-gamma) were negative. A CT scan of the chest and abdomen showed several enlarged lymph nodes in the right jugular area and… read more here.
Keywords: polymyositis; cutaneous lesions; lung cancer; cancer ... See more keywords