Reumatizam, Vol. 59 No. 2, 2012.
Professional paper
Rare myositides and myopathies
Nada Čikeš
; Department for Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Clinic for Internal Medicine, Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Marko Barešić
; Department for Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Clinic for Internal Medicine, Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Inflammatory myopathies comprise dermatomyositis, polymyositis, inclusion body myositis, secondary myopathies associated with connective tissue diseases, malignancies, sarcoidosis and Behçet’s disease. In the article the inclusion body myositis is presented.
Differential diagnosis of proximal muscle weakness also includes certain non-inflammatory myopathies The statin myopathy, as an example of the drug-induced myotoxicity, is elaborated. The infectious myopathies are described with the emphasis on parasitic myopathy. The endocrine myopathies are overviewed.
Keywords
myositis; myopathy; infectious myopathy; drug-induced myopathy
Hrčak ID:
124043
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Publication date:
25.10.2012.
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