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A two years, ten months old male with dermatomyositis was anaesthetized with enflurane, nitrous oxide and oxygen by mask followed by intravenous succinylcholine to facilitate endotracheal intubation. The evoked thumb twitch in response to succinylcholine demonstrated an abnormal, short-lived
A young woman presented with facial myokymia in association with dermatomyositis. There was no evidence of peripheral neuropathy. Needle electromyography showed prominent myokymic discharges and brief neuromyotonic discharges in addition to many small-amplitude, short-duration motor unit potentials.
This is a case report of Isaacs' syndrome in dermatomyositis. The patient presented with proximal muscle weakness, rash, elevated muscle enzyme, myopathic electromyograph and typical muscle biopsy. Ultimately he developed typical symptoms of Isaacs' syndrome which is an autoimmune channelopathy from
The idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are systemic autoimmune diseases characterizes by chronic muscle inflammation. The frequent extramuscolar manifestations contribute to the morbidity and mortality of the disease. The goal of medical therapy is based on immune suppression with first-line agent
Sera from patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) were screened for autoantibodies to skeletal muscle-specific antigens by immunoprecipitation assay, using rhabdomyosarcoma and leukemia cell lines. Eleven of 61 MG sera immunoprecipitated a rhabdomyosarcoma-specific 70-kDa protein, which was identified
Onychomycosis is the most common nail disorder in adults. Predisposing factors are immunosuppression, poor peripheral circulation, diabetes mellitus, increasing age, nail trauma, and tinea pedis. Autoimmune patients, who carry many of these predisposing factors, have never been studied. Autoimmune
S-1 is a combination drug of tegafur, gimeracil and oteracil potassium that is designed on the basis of 5- fluorouracil. We report here for the first time that S-1 is a causative agent of drug eruption mimicking shiitake dermatitis. A 58-year-old Japanese man presented with pruritic erythemas
The efficacy and safety of liposomal amphotericin B (L-AMB) in the treatment of invasive fungal infections (IFIs) were retrospectively evaluated for patients with connective tissue diseases (CTDs) during treatment with immunosuppressive therapy. Subjects were 13 patients with CTDs complicated by
Methotrexate (MTX) has been widely used for the treatment of many types of autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and dermatomyositis. However, its pharmacological mechanism is still unclear completely. In this study, we found that MTX is a potent and selective inhibitor of the
A large number of intellectually engaging and potentially serious neuromuscular diseases have been presented. The emergency medicine physician must be able to recognize those entities that have the potential to clinically deterioration. The evaluation of weakness requires a comprehensive,