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Polymyositis: A Case Report
Inflammatory myopathies are a group of diseases whose common pathway is immune-mediated muscle damage, one of which is polymyositis. The definition of polymyositis is controversial, with proponents advocating a definition based on immunohistochemical and histopathological findings in muscle biopsies...
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Cureus
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10495079/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37700938 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.43337 |
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author | Rios-Gomez, Mariana Villanueva-Salinas, Arturo Arias-Martinez, Sarahi Pimentel-Esparza, Juan Andres Aguirre-Sanchez, Alejandra Delgado-Villafaña, Javier Perez-Santana, Martha Elia Montes-Ramirez, Juan E |
author_facet | Rios-Gomez, Mariana Villanueva-Salinas, Arturo Arias-Martinez, Sarahi Pimentel-Esparza, Juan Andres Aguirre-Sanchez, Alejandra Delgado-Villafaña, Javier Perez-Santana, Martha Elia Montes-Ramirez, Juan E |
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description | Inflammatory myopathies are a group of diseases whose common pathway is immune-mediated muscle damage, one of which is polymyositis. The definition of polymyositis is controversial, with proponents advocating a definition based on immunohistochemical and histopathological findings in muscle biopsies, while other proponents advocate a definition based on clinical manifestations and histopathological findings. Polymyositis is a quite rare disease that is clinically characterized by progressive proximal muscle weakness with a symmetric distribution. Within the diagnostic approach, laboratory studies show elevation of sarcoplasmic enzymes; nerve conduction tests are performed, which may aid in distinguishing myopathic causes of weakness from neuropathic disorders; and muscle biopsy is considered the gold standard to diagnose inflammatory myopathy and to distinguish the subclasses. We report the case of a 61-year-old male patient who presented generalized symmetrical weakness, predominantly in the upper extremities, and dysphagia, whose laboratory studies, autoantibodies, and muscle biopsy were confirmatory of this entity. |
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spelling | pubmed-104950792023-09-12 Polymyositis: A Case Report Rios-Gomez, Mariana Villanueva-Salinas, Arturo Arias-Martinez, Sarahi Pimentel-Esparza, Juan Andres Aguirre-Sanchez, Alejandra Delgado-Villafaña, Javier Perez-Santana, Martha Elia Montes-Ramirez, Juan E Cureus Neurology Inflammatory myopathies are a group of diseases whose common pathway is immune-mediated muscle damage, one of which is polymyositis. The definition of polymyositis is controversial, with proponents advocating a definition based on immunohistochemical and histopathological findings in muscle biopsies, while other proponents advocate a definition based on clinical manifestations and histopathological findings. Polymyositis is a quite rare disease that is clinically characterized by progressive proximal muscle weakness with a symmetric distribution. Within the diagnostic approach, laboratory studies show elevation of sarcoplasmic enzymes; nerve conduction tests are performed, which may aid in distinguishing myopathic causes of weakness from neuropathic disorders; and muscle biopsy is considered the gold standard to diagnose inflammatory myopathy and to distinguish the subclasses. We report the case of a 61-year-old male patient who presented generalized symmetrical weakness, predominantly in the upper extremities, and dysphagia, whose laboratory studies, autoantibodies, and muscle biopsy were confirmatory of this entity. Cureus 2023-08-11 /pmc/articles/PMC10495079/ /pubmed/37700938 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.43337 Text en Copyright © 2023, Rios-Gomez et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Neurology Rios-Gomez, Mariana Villanueva-Salinas, Arturo Arias-Martinez, Sarahi Pimentel-Esparza, Juan Andres Aguirre-Sanchez, Alejandra Delgado-Villafaña, Javier Perez-Santana, Martha Elia Montes-Ramirez, Juan E Polymyositis: A Case Report |
title | Polymyositis: A Case Report |
title_full | Polymyositis: A Case Report |
title_fullStr | Polymyositis: A Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | Polymyositis: A Case Report |
title_short | Polymyositis: A Case Report |
title_sort | polymyositis: a case report |
topic | Neurology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10495079/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37700938 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.43337 |
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