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Necrotizing Autoimmune Myopathy: A Rare Variant of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are an unusual group of myopathies with annual incidence of 1 in 100 000 people in the United States. Necrotizing autoimmune myopathy comprises only 16% of this group. It usually presents with severe proximal weakness, lower extremity weakness, and severe fatigue w...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5476327/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28660228 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2324709617709031 |
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author | Khan, Noman Ahmed Jang Khalid, Shaza Ullah, Saad Malik, Muhammad Umair Makhoul, Samer |
author_facet | Khan, Noman Ahmed Jang Khalid, Shaza Ullah, Saad Malik, Muhammad Umair Makhoul, Samer |
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description | Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are an unusual group of myopathies with annual incidence of 1 in 100 000 people in the United States. Necrotizing autoimmune myopathy comprises only 16% of this group. It usually presents with severe proximal weakness, lower extremity weakness, and severe fatigue while very rarely does it present with dysphagia and respiratory muscle weakness. Statin use, cancer, and connective tissue disorder are the usual associated risk factors. Anti-signal recognition particle and 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase are the 2 most common autoantibodies associated with necrotizing autoimmune myopathy. In this article, we present a very rare case of a 66-year-old male who presented with shortness of breath and dysphagia requiring intubation and ventilator support. Creatine kinase was 23 000, myoglobin was 7000, and ANA was positive. All other autoimmune and infectious workup including Lyme disease was unremarkable. Muscle biopsy turned out remarkable for necrotizing myopathy. No evidence of statin use, active malignancy, or connective tissue disease was found. He was treated with high-dose corticosteroids and a short course of intravenous immunoglobulin with very mild improvement in symptoms. Anti-signal recognition particle and 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase could not be performed as the patient refused to pursue further medical testing. This is a very rare case of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy presenting with bulbar and respiratory muscle weakness requiring ventilator support. |
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spelling | pubmed-54763272017-06-28 Necrotizing Autoimmune Myopathy: A Rare Variant of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies Khan, Noman Ahmed Jang Khalid, Shaza Ullah, Saad Malik, Muhammad Umair Makhoul, Samer J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep Case Report Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are an unusual group of myopathies with annual incidence of 1 in 100 000 people in the United States. Necrotizing autoimmune myopathy comprises only 16% of this group. It usually presents with severe proximal weakness, lower extremity weakness, and severe fatigue while very rarely does it present with dysphagia and respiratory muscle weakness. Statin use, cancer, and connective tissue disorder are the usual associated risk factors. Anti-signal recognition particle and 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase are the 2 most common autoantibodies associated with necrotizing autoimmune myopathy. In this article, we present a very rare case of a 66-year-old male who presented with shortness of breath and dysphagia requiring intubation and ventilator support. Creatine kinase was 23 000, myoglobin was 7000, and ANA was positive. All other autoimmune and infectious workup including Lyme disease was unremarkable. Muscle biopsy turned out remarkable for necrotizing myopathy. No evidence of statin use, active malignancy, or connective tissue disease was found. He was treated with high-dose corticosteroids and a short course of intravenous immunoglobulin with very mild improvement in symptoms. Anti-signal recognition particle and 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase could not be performed as the patient refused to pursue further medical testing. This is a very rare case of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy presenting with bulbar and respiratory muscle weakness requiring ventilator support. SAGE Publications 2017-06-14 /pmc/articles/PMC5476327/ /pubmed/28660228 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2324709617709031 Text en © 2017 American Federation for Medical Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Khan, Noman Ahmed Jang Khalid, Shaza Ullah, Saad Malik, Muhammad Umair Makhoul, Samer Necrotizing Autoimmune Myopathy: A Rare Variant of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies |
title | Necrotizing Autoimmune Myopathy: A Rare Variant of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies |
title_full | Necrotizing Autoimmune Myopathy: A Rare Variant of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies |
title_fullStr | Necrotizing Autoimmune Myopathy: A Rare Variant of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies |
title_full_unstemmed | Necrotizing Autoimmune Myopathy: A Rare Variant of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies |
title_short | Necrotizing Autoimmune Myopathy: A Rare Variant of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies |
title_sort | necrotizing autoimmune myopathy: a rare variant of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5476327/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28660228 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2324709617709031 |
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