polymyositis/edema

Polymyositis is uncommon in childhood. Unlike dermatomyositis, which is common in pediatric age group, skin involvement is lacking in polymyositis. We report an 8-year-old boy who presented with anasarca as the initial complaint. This presentation has been rarely reported before in the pediatric

The case of a man with acute onset of muscle pain, weakness, anasarca, severe dysphagia and dysphonia, and biochemical, electromyographic and histologic evidence of polymyositis is presented. The literature on the occurrence of subcutaneous edema in polymyositis was reviewed. It is concluded that

Localized subcutaneous edema is a rare manifestation of inflammatory myopathy. In general, the incidence of malignancy in dermatomyositis is higher than that in polymyositis (PM). The association between malignancy and dermatomyositis has been established; however, it is less convincing in PM. In

A 65 year-old man with an oesophageal carcinoma had an acute polymyositis with an extensive oedema of shoulders and arms which improved spontaneously. The significance of these disorders is discussed.

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the muscles was performed in patients with polymyositis and dermatomyositis. Lesions with high intensity on T2-weighted image, but normal intensity on T1-weighted image, were observed in 7 of 8 patients in the active stage of the disease. Following clinical

Neuromuscular disease is an unusual cause of trismus. However, we describe two patients with severe polymyositis who had difficulty opening their mouths during the acute phase of the illness. Electromyography demonstrated involvement of the masseters, and there was no evidence of myasthenia. The

A retrospective study, paying particular attention to the clinical and evolutive aspects of the disease, was performed on 44 subjects affected by polymyositis/dermatomyositis (PM/DM) and hospitalized at the Institute of Medical Clinics of the 1st School of Medicine of Naples University. On the basis

BACKGROUND Although dermatomyositis (DM) and polymyositis (PM) share many clinical features in common, they have distinct pathophysiological and histological features. It is possible that these distinctions reflect also macroscopically, for example, in muscle alterations seen in magnetic resonance

Polymyositis is an idiopathic inflammatory myopathy, characterized by proximal muscle weakness and sometimes extramuscular manifestations. We report the case of a 51-year-old male, with history of complete heart block, which required pacemaker implantation, and subsequently heart failure, presenting

Acute inflammatory myopathy with severe subcutaneous edema is extremely rare and has been reported in only a handful of cases. We describe two similar patients presenting with this disorder and generalized rash. Unlike the five previously reported cases, the clinical and histologic features of our

We report a patient who developed multiple inflammatory muscle masses and generalized polymyositis in the setting of combined human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of muscles showed patchy edema which was particularly intense

The human trichinosis is a cosmopolitan rare zoonosis in Mexico. It presents clinically, with an infectious toxic pattern. Typical symptomatology includes: fever, diarrhea, facial edema and myalgias, which can resemble other illnesses like typhoid fever, angioneurotic edema, septicemia, rheumatic

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the value of whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (WBMRI) in diagnosing muscular and extra muscular lesions in patients with polymyositis (PM) and dermatomyositis (DM). METHODS A retrospective analysis of WBMRI data from PM/DM patients who met the Bohan and Peter diagnostic

Polymyositis is a rare and gradually progressive autoimmune disease of skeletal muscle. Two main types of renal involvement have been described: acute tubular necrosis related to rhabdomyolysis and glomerulonephritis. However, cases of overflow proteinuria related to polymyositis have rarely been