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Neurological complications of immune checkpoint inhibitors: what happens when you \u27take the brakes off\u27 the immune system. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Patients with advanced malignancies treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors are at increased risk for developing immune-related neurological complications.
Dalakas, Marinos
core   +1 more source

Diabetic myonecrosis complicated by emphysematous pyomyositis and abscess caused by Escherichia coli: a case report

open access: yesJournal of Medical Case Reports
Background Necrotizing myopathies and muscle necrosis can be caused by immune-mediated mechanisms, drugs, ischemia, and infections, and differential diagnosis may be challenging. Case presentation We describe a case of diabetic myonecrosis complicated by
Anne M. Kerola   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A case of seronegative immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy

open access: yesPifu-xingbing zhenliaoxue zazhi
A case of statin-induced immune necrotizing myopathy with negative autoantibodies is reported. A 67-year-old female presented with generalized weakness and limb muscle soreness for 3 months, with worsening symptoms over the past month.
CUI Lin, XIE Bingxin, ZHANG Shifa
doaj   +1 more source

Anti-Signal Recognition Particle Myopathy in a Geriatric Patient

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2015
Anti-signal recognition particle (SRP) myopathy is a rare idiopathic inflammatory myositis that usually affects middle-age women, and is characterized by rapidly progressive proximal and symmetrical muscle weakness, elevated creatine kinase levels ...
Diana Marques Ferreira   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Deep venous thrombosis in an individual with statin-exposed anti-SRP myopathy: case report and review of literature

open access: yesThrombosis Journal, 2021
Background Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy (IMNM) is characterized by proximal muscle weakness, elvated serum muscle enzyme levels, myopathic electromyography findings, and necrotic muscle fiber with few inflammatory cell infiltration in muscle ...
Jiali Li   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Signal Recognition Particle Myopathy With Cardiac Manifestations in Rheumatoid Arthritis

open access: yesAnnals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy is a rare inflammatory myopathy characterized by progressive muscle weakness and potentially severe systemic complications.
Priya Sunkara   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Anti-HMG-CoA reductase myopathy, an undesirable evolution of statin induced myopathy: a case report

open access: yesJournal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2019
Statins are commonly used lipid lowering agents which play a pivotal role in reducing cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Often well tolerated, these HMG-CoA reductase (HMGCR) inhibitors can sometimes cause severe muscle weakness and elevated ...
Sunita Upreti   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

a case-based review [PDF]

open access: yes
Publisher Copyright: © 2024 Sociedade Portuguesa de Reumatologia.Anti-HMGCR myopathy is an increasingly recognized immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy.
Barcelos, A.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Rituximab in the Treatment of Refractory Anti-HMGCR Immune-mediated Necrotizing Myopathy [PDF]

open access: yesThe Journal of Rheumatology, 2018
Objective.A pathogenic role of anti-3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase (anti-HMGCR) antibodies has been proposed. Our objective was to assess efficacy of rituximab (RTX) in anti-HMGCR immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy.Methods.All patients who had been treated with RTX were retrospectively reviewed to assess features and outcome.Results ...
Landon-Cardinal, Océane   +8 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Rituximab in the treatment of immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy: a review of case reports and case series [PDF]

open access: gold, 2021
Anji Xiong   +9 more
openalex   +1 more source

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