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Polyomyositis and myocarditis associated with acquired toxoplasmosis in an immunocompetent girl

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2001
Background Acquired toxoplasmosis more frequently goes unrecognized. Immunocompetent adults and adolescents with primary infection are generally asymptomatic, but symptoms may include malaise, fever, and lymphadenopathy.
Tsagkaraki Daria, Bitsori Maria, Mihailidou Eleni P, Paspalaki Penelope K, Mantzouranis Eva   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Frailty and Fitness in Older Adults With Acute Myeloid Leukemia: From Chronological Age to Multiparametric Assessment

European Journal of Haematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Acute Myeloid Leukemia predominantly affects older adults, who often present with comorbidities, functional impairment, and frailty, limiting eligibility for intensive chemotherapy or allogeneic transplantation. Historically, treatment options were restricted to hypomethylating agents, low‐dose cytarabine, hydroxyurea, or supportive care, with
Antonella Bruzzese, Enrica Antonia Martino, Santino Caserta, Maria Eugenia Alvaro, Nicola Amodio, Eugenio Lucia, Virginia Olivito, Caterina Labanca, Francesco Mendicino, Fortunato Morabito, Ernesto Vigna, Massimo Gentile   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Review paper Polymyositis and dermatomyositis as a risk of developing cancer

, 2015
Polymyositis (PM) is an idiopathic inflammatory myopathy that affects striated muscles. Dermatomyositis (DM) is an idiopathic inflammatory myopathy with presence of skin symptoms.
Brygida Kwiatkowska, Maria Maślińska, Michał Jakubaszek   +2 more
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Diagnostic utility of inflammatory markers in formalin‐fixed and paraffin‐embedded muscle biopsies for idiopathic inflammatory myopathies

Histopathology, EarlyView.
Formalin‐fixed, paraffin‐embedded (FFPE) muscle tissue supports robust immunohistochemical detection of MHC II, MxA, and p62 with performance comparable to frozen sections. This approach reliably identifies the pathological signatures of inclusion body myositis, dermatomyositis, immune‐mediated necrotizing myopathy, and overlap myositis, enhancing the ...
Chinnawut Suriyonplengsaeng, Jariya Waisayarat   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Polymyositis and myocarditis after chemotherapy for advanced thymoma

, 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
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Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: Contributions from India

Indian Journal of Rheumatology, 2020
A careful literature search would reveal significant contributions by Indian clinicians and basic researchers in the field of Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs).
Anand Narayan Malaviya
doaj   +1 more source

Australian clinical practice guideline: diagnosis and treatment of idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease

Internal Medicine Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease (iMCD) is a rare condition. The pathogenesis is incompletely understood; however, interleukin‐6 (IL‐6) is a major mediator. The clinical presentation is heterogeneous, from mild constitutional symptoms to severe multi‐organ failure.
Dipti Talaulikar, Jun Yen Ng, Adam Bryant, Annmarie Bosco, Hugh C. Caterson, Pratyush Giri, Pravin Hissaria, Simon J. Harrison, Stephen Lade, Connull Leslie, Jacinta Perram, H. Miles Prince, Dejan Radeski, Maureen Rischmueller, Craig Wallington‐Gates, Nicholas Weber, Alberta Hoi   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Why can't they put us to sleep if we are suffering?”: La Nada and the desire for euthanasia among institutionalized older adults in Peru

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, I examine how institutionalized older adults in Peru articulate suffering through the idiom of la nada—“nothingness”—and how this shapes desires for euthanasia. Moving from close ethnography of bodies in space and time to structural and ethical discourses on euthanasia, I argue that calls for euthanasia arise not only from ...
Magdalena Zegarra Chiappori
wiley   +1 more source

Polymyositis as a cause of total gut failure

, 2002
BACKGROUND: Gastrointestinal manifestations are seen in systemic sclerosis and mixed connective tissue disorders but are rare in pure polymyositis. CASE REPORT: A 44 year old woman with polymyositis who developed total gut failure requiring treatment ...
Rankin, Elizabeth, Hughes, AJ, Kane, K, Ferguson, I   +3 more
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Hypercapnic respiratory failure during pregnancy due to polymyositis-related respiratory muscle weakness: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2017
Background Polymyositis is a rare medical disorder complicating pregnancy. Ventilatory muscle weakness leading to respiratory failure is an uncommon manifestation of this autoimmune disease.
Husain Shabbir Ali, Ibrahim Fawzy Hassan, Saibu George, Abdalrazig Elsadig Fadlelmula   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source