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Polymyositis and myocarditis after chemotherapy for advanced thymoma [PDF]

, 2013
Polymyositis and myocarditis very rarely develop during chemotherapy for thymoma. Most reported cases of myocarditis and polymyositis associated with thymoma were found at autopsy of patients who died of acute progression of myocarditis.
Fujii, Keita, Saito, Shizu, Yamamoto, Taketsugu, Masuda, Munetaka, Rino, Yasushi, Adachi, Hiroyuki   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Polymyositis in Children [PDF]

The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 1904
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openaire   +2 more sources

Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis [PDF]

The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1904
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openaire   +2 more sources

Spontaneous Retroperitoneal Hemorrhage in a Mediastinal Tumor in a Patient With Polymyositis: A Case Report

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2008
Spontaneous retroperitoneal hemorrhage is a lethal cause of acute abdomen that is most frequently related to drugs, coagulopathy and intra-abdominal tumors.
Tzu-Jung Fang, Shih-Chieh Hsu, Ming-Chen Shih, Cheng-Yuan Wang, Ling-I Chen, Yi-Chun Tsai, Yu-Chih Lin   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chronic-graft-versus-host-disease-related polymyositis: a 17-months-old child with a rare and late complication of haematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background: Chronic graft versus host disease (cGVHD) occurs in 20-30% of paediatric patients receiving haemopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Neuromuscular disorders such as polymyositis are considered a rare and distinctive but non-diagnostic ...
Matteo Chinello, Rita Balter, Massimiliano De Bortoli, Virginia Vitale, Ada Zaccaron, Elisa Bonetti, Paola Tonin, Gaetano Vattemi, Valeria Guglielmi, Simone Cesaro   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Severe Rhabdomyolysis without Systemic Involvement: A Rare Case of Idiopathic Eosinophilic Polymyositis

Case Reports in Rheumatology, 2015
Introduction. Eosinophilic polymyositis (EPM) is a rare cause of rhabdomyolysis characterized by eosinophilic infiltrates in the muscle. We describe the case of a young patient with eosinophilic polymyositis causing isolated severe rhabdomyolysis without
Ayesha Farooq, Vivek Choksi, Andrew Chu, Dhruti Mankodi, Sameer Shaharyar, Keith O’Brien, Uday Shankar   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Case report: Systemic muscle involvement as the primary clinical manifestation of chronic active Epstein–Barr virus infection: A case-based review

Frontiers in Immunology, 2022
Chronic active Epstein–Barr virus infection (CAEBV) is common in Asian countries and characterized by recurrent or persistent infectious mononucleosis-like symptoms.
Shanfen Shi, Liangda Li, Cuiping Pan, Yandi Yang, Gun Chen, Yongping He   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Profiling of Myositis Specific Antibodies and Composite Scores as an Aid in the Differential Diagnosis of Autoimmune Myopathies

Diagnostics, 2021
(1) Background: Myositis specific antibodies (MSA) represent important diagnostic and stratification tools in idiopathic inflammatory myositis (IIM) patients.
Michael Mahler, Kishore Malyavantham, Andrea Seaman, Chelsea Bentow, Ariadna Anunciacion-Llunell, María Teresa Sanz-Martínez, Laura Viñas-Gimenez, Albert Selva-O’Callaghan   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of Six‐Month Monitoring Compared to Three‐Month Monitoring of Laboratories During Methotrexate Therapy

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective To evaluate whether extending the American College of Rheumatology–recommended monitoring interval for complete blood count and liver function tests in patients receiving methotrexate (MTX) affects timely detection of medication‐related toxicity.
Spencer Simko, Ray Zhang, Sohini Mukherjee, Puneet Bajaj, Bonnie L. Bermas   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Severe Phenotype in an Indian Family With Progressive Pseudorheumatoid Arthropathy of Childhood

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Progressive pseudorheumatoid arthropathy of childhood (PPAC) is a rare autosomal recessive progressive condition that affects the cartilage of joints and bones. The symptoms of PPAC include stiffness of the joints, bony swelling of the toes and fingers, short stature, kyphosis, and muscle weakness.
Narinder Singh, Arpita Neogi, Liliane H. Gibbs, Jagdish Soni, Elizabeth Chao, Virginia Kimonis   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source