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Statin Induced Muscle Toxicity - Summary

Clinical Presentation:
 • Elevations of serum creatine kinase with proximal myalgia
• Myalgia • Myositis ... syndrome (GBS), systemic ... inclusion body myositis ... Diagnosis: • CK ... myopathy #diagnosis #management
Hydroxyapatite Deposition Disease (HADD) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Ovoid hypointense structures along the bursal surface
(HADD) - MSK Radiology ... within the deltoid muscle ... consistent with myositis ... - Limits evaluation ... Radiology #diagnosis #msk
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
Autoimmune Myositis ... Tests: • Measure CK ... (symmetric) • CK ... weakness • CK ... • Conduction system
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
findings: • Symptoms ... - Transverse myelitis ... Sarcoidosis, Behcet disease ... , Scleroderma, Systemic ... differential #algorithm
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
Diagnosis and Management ... PMR) is a common systemic ... • An evaluation ... Also consider an evaluation ... arthropathies, myositis
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
neurodegenerative disease ... central nervous system ... neuritis • Partial myelitis ... Signs and symptoms ... sclerosis #diagnosis #management
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
Constitutional symptoms ... is rare in DIL, SCLE-DIL ... constitutional symptoms ... months to years) Systemic ... : Chronic disease
DEMYELINATING DISEASES OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

What Are Demyelinating Diseases?
• Conditions that damage myelin, the protective
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM ... central nervous system ... Transverse Myelitis ... - Symptom management ... Transverse Myelitis