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A tough pill to swallow: Two cases of statin-induced necrotizing autoimmune myopathy manifesting as dysphagia and transaminitis

open access: yesSAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2023
Although 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors are well tolerated, a small subset of patients may develop autoimmune myopathy, classified as immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy.
Hunza Chaudhry   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Severe Anti-HMG-CoAR Necrotizing Autoimmune Myopathy Secondary to Statin Use

open access: yesCase Reports in Rheumatology, 2022
Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy is an uncommon but debilitating disease that can be triggered by drugs, toxins, or cancer. It is similar to polymyositis in presentation but is differentiated by findings on muscle biopsy.
Priyanjali Pulipati   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The myokine GDF-15 is a potential biomarker for myositis and associates with the protein aggregates of sporadic inclusion body myositis. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Background: The cytokine growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15) has been associated with inflammatory and mitochondrial disease, warranting exploration of its expression in myositis patients.
De Bleecker, Jan   +2 more
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A Case Report of Statin-Induced Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy Treatment Challenges

open access: yesCase Reports in Rheumatology, 2022
Statin-induced necrotizing autoimmune myopathy is an immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy related to the use of statins. It is a very rare disease, which usually presents with proximal muscle weakness and frank elevation in creatine kinase levels ...
Anwar I. Joudeh   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Statin-associated anti-HMGCR immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy with dermatomyositis-like features: A case report

open access: yesSAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2020
Anti-3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase (HMGCR) immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy is a subtype of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy which may be associated with statin exposure.
Darosa Lim   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Peculiar clinicopathological features of immune-mediated necrotizing myopathies [PDF]

open access: yesCurrent Opinion in Rheumatology, 2018
Purpose of reviewIn the past decade, immune-mediated necrotizing myopathies have emerged as a separate entity in the heterogenous group of autoimmune myopathies. This group is characterized by clinical manifestations restricted to the muscle tissue, and until recently, the definition was based on muscular pathological features.Recent findingsIt was ...
Allenbach, Yves, Benveniste, Olivier
openaire   +4 more sources

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