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Clinical Findings, Antibody Panel and Pathology of Patients with Inflammatory Myopathies in Isfahan Province, Iran [PDF]

Advanced Biomedical Research
Background: In the current study, we aimed to evaluate the characteristics of individuals with autoimmune inflammatory myopathies (AIMs) in Isfahan.
Behnaz Ansari, Keivan Basiri, Faeze Soroush   +2 more
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A Case Report of Statin-Induced Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy Treatment Challenges

Case 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, Mhd Kutaiba Albuni, Sara Seife Hassen, Phool Iqbal, Elsaid Mohamed Aziz Bedair, Salah Mahdi   +5 more
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Necrotizing autoimmune myopathy with tubular aggregates [PDF]

Neurology, 2019
The formation of tubular aggregates (TA) within muscle fibers has been associated with toxic, metabolic, and hereditary myopathies, congenital myasthenic syndromes (CMS),1 and recently with pembrolizumab-associated myopathy.2 On electron microscopy, TA have the appearance of parallel tubules in crystalline arrangements, and are continuous extensions of
Nicolas N, Madigan, Teerin, Liewluck, Margherita, Milone, Elie, Naddaf   +3 more
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Autoimmune statin-induced myopathy: a case report [PDF]

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2015
A 58-year-old woman with a history of statin use presented with a 4-month history of progressive weakness of both shoulders and thighs. Laboratory and electromyography testing confirmed the presence of generalized proximal myopathy and ruled out ...
Jonathan B. Young, Ibrahim I. Ghobrial
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Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy (NAM) related to SARS-Cov-2 infection: a case report

BMC Neurology, 2023
Background There is a growing body of evidence that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) or COVID-19 infection is associated with the development of autoimmune diseases.
Azliza Ibrahim, Wan Syamimee Wan Ghazali, Anna Misyail, Liyana Najwa, Abdul Hanif Khan, Wan Muhamad Amir, Alvin Oliver Payus, Loh Wei Chao, Janudin Baharin, Nor Shuhaila Shahril, Suryati Mohd Yusoff, Wan Aliaa, Hoo Fan Kee, Hamidon Basri   +13 more
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Leflunomide-Induced Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy in a Patient With Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Case Report

Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2023
Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy (IMNM) is a subtype of inflammatory myopathy that is characterized by proximal muscle weakness, markedly elevated serum creatine kinase, myopathic electromyographic findings, and muscle biopsies revealing necrosis or ...
Dylan Matthew Salazar BS, Devanshi Narendra Damani MD, Piya Kositangool BS, Melina Jo Ortiz BS, Jonathan Lavezo MD, Fatma Dihowm MD, MS   +5 more
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Deep venous thrombosis in an individual with statin-exposed anti-SRP myopathy: case report and review of literature

Thrombosis 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, Mingming Yan, Jiao Qin, Lingyan He, Cao Dai, Rui Wen   +5 more
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Severe Recurrent Necrotizing Myopathy in Pregnancy: A Case Report

Frontiers in Neurology, 2018
Pregnancy in patients with necrotizing autoimmune myopathy without identified antibodies is rarely reported. We report a case involving a 26-year-old woman with antibody-negative autoimmune necrotizing myopathy who experienced a relapse during pregnancy.
Yue Li, Lingchao Meng, Yun Yuan, Lijuan Meng, Jing Lin, Bitao Bu   +5 more
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Statin-associated necrotizing myopathy: a rare etiology

Revista Portuguesa de Medicina Geral e Familiar, 2020
Introduction: Necrotizing autoimmune myopathy is a rare entity characterized by proximal muscle weakness, elevated creatine kinase levels, potential autoantibody presence, and myofiber necrosis with reduced or absent inflammation.
Catarina Ferreira Moita, Alexandra Mendonça, Raquel Baptista Leite, Ana Paes de Vasconcellos, Ana Dantas   +4 more
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Tonsillectomy Improved Therapeutic Response in Anti-SRP Myopathy With Chronic Tonsillitis

Frontiers in Immunology, 2020
Chronic tonsillitis has been attracted attention as a source of abnormal immune responses and a possible trigger of autoimmune diseases such as IgA nephritis, IgA vasculitis, palmoplantar pustulosis, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, Behçet’s disease, and
Takuya Ikeda, Hideyuki Takeuchi, Keita Takahashi, Haruko Nakamura, Misako Kunii, Atsuko Katsumoto, Mikiko Tada, Yuichi Higashiyama, Takashi Hibiya, Shigeaki Suzuki, Ichizo Nishino, Shigeru Koyano, Hiroshi Doi, Fumiaki Tanaka   +13 more
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