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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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Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges in Statin‐Induced Necrotizing Autoimmune Myopathy in an Elderly Patient: A Rare Case Report

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 6, June 2026.
ABSTRACT We present the case of a 78‐year‐old woman with metabolic syndrome and a history of multiple ischemic strokes who developed progressive symmetrical proximal muscle weakness, predominantly affecting the lower extremities, while on atorvastatin.
Nischal Shrestha, Abdirahman Hassan, Jennifer Ann Evans   +2 more
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SAPHO Syndrome Presenting With Severe Inflammatory Back Pain (Sacroiliitis) and Rare Retinol Associated Myopathy in an Iraqi Adolescent Male: A Case Report and Literature Review

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 6, June 2026.
ABSTRACT SAPHO syndrome is a rare autoinflammatory disorder characterized by synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, and osteitis. Although musculoskeletal and dermatologic manifestations are well recognized, extra‐articular involvement remains uncommon, particularly muscular inflammation.
Farah Jaafar Mahdi, Ali Saad Al‐Shammari, Mustafa Majid Hameed, Marwah Sami Ahmed, Ibrahim Khalil, Zahraa Saeed Fahad, Ahmed Dahham Hasan, Nizar Abdulateef Jassim   +7 more
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Anti-HMG-CoA reductase myopathy, an undesirable evolution of statin induced myopathy: a case report

Journal 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, Beenish Fayyaz, Ramchandran P. Bongu   +2 more
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Diabetic myonecrosis complicated by emphysematous pyomyositis and abscess caused by Escherichia coli: a case report

Journal 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, Kari K. Eklund, Heikki Valleala, Olli Tynninen, Jaakko Helve, Ville Haapamäki, Mari Eriksson   +6 more
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Anesthetic Management of Leigh Syndrome

Bezmiâlem Science, 2017
Leigh syndrome is an extremely rare disorder in infants and children. It is characterized by a progressive neurodegenerative course with subacute necrotizing encephalomyelopathy, and it presents with developmental delay, seizures, dysarthria, ataxia, and
Ayşe Çiğdem TÜTÜNCÜ, Pınar KENDİGELEN, Güner KAYA   +2 more
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Miopatías inflamatorias

Revista Médica Clínica Las Condes, 2018
RESUMEN: Las miopatías inflamatorias son un grupo heterogéneo de enfermedades adquiridas del músculo estriado esquelético que comparten la injuria muscular inmunomediada como característica común.
Jorge A. Bevilacqua, MD, PhD, Nicholas Earle, MD   +1 more
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Inflammatory Myopathies with Cutaneous Involvement: from Diagnosis to Therapy

Folia Medica, 2017
The group of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) include various disorders of skeletal muscles with or without skin involvement. The most common types are dermatomyositis (DM), polymyositis (PM), inclusion body myositis (IBM) and necrotizing ...
Dourmishev Lyubomir A.
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Secondary cardiac involvement in anti-SRP-antibody-positive myopathy: an 87-year-old woman with heart failure symptoms as the first clinical presentation

BMC Neurology, 2020
Background Necrotizing myopathy (NM) is defined by the dominant pathological feature of necrosis of muscle fibers without substantial lymphocytic inflammatory infiltration.
Arika Hara, Ryota Amano, Hiroaki Yokote, Masahide Ijima, Satoshi Zeniya, Toshiki Uchihara, Sawako Yada, Mayumi Masumura, Hidenobu Takei, Ichizo Nishino, Shuta Toru   +10 more
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Paraneoplastic necrotizing myopathy in a woman with breast cancer: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2009
Introduction Paraneoplastic necrotizing myopathy is a rare disorder, described as a proximal, symmetrical, and rapidly progressing myopathy that is manifested as a paraneoplastic syndrome.
Silvestre Joana, Santos Luis, Batalha Vitor, del Rio Ana, Lima Carlos, Carvalho Antonio, Martins Ana, Miranda Helena, Cabral Fatima, Felix Adelia, Aleixo Ana   +10 more
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