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Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
Causes of Proximal ... Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy ... Mitochondrial myopathy ... MuscleWeakness #Myopathy ... #differential #causes
Myositis and Myopathies
#ESR #CK #Differential diagnosis of myopathy 
#Inflammatory #myopathies	#Dermatomyositis	
#muscle weakness
#Polymyositis	
#Inclusion body myositis
#Polymyalgia rheumatica	
#Fibromyalgia	
#Hypothyroid myopathy	
#Muscle stiffness
#Drug-induced
Differential diagnosis of myopathy ... #Hypothyroid myopathy ... Corticosteroid-induced myopathy ... Statin-induced myopathy ... Cocaine-induced myopathy
Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies - 
Dermatomyositis (DM), Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy (IMNM), Antisynthetase Syndrome (ASS), Inclusion Body Myositis
Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy ... Myopathies #Idiopathic #Myopathy ... Comparison #Managment #algorithm
Statin Induced Muscle Toxicity - Summary

Clinical Presentation:
 • Elevations of serum creatine kinase with proximal myalgia
• Inflammatory myopathy ... hypothyroid-induced myopathy ... Statin-induced myopathy ... - Necrotizing myopathy ... fibers Risk of myopathy
Causes of Peripheral Weakness - With and Without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
With Sensory Changes:
Causes of Peripheral ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Oculomotor • Myopathy ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes
Acute Myelopathies.
#AcuteMyelopathies #Myelopathy #schema
AcuteMyelopathies #Myelopathy
Creatine Kinase - Causes of Elevated CK Levels
Acute CK Elevation (Pain > Weakness):
 • RHABDOMYOLYSIS
Creatine Kinase - Causes ... Critical Illness Myopathy ... Subacute to Chronic Causes ... - Inflammatory myopathy ... polymyositis, necrotizing myopathy
Myositis and Myopathies
Polymyositis 
 • Progressive, symmetric muscle weakness 
 • Elevated CK, +Anti-Jo, +Anti-Mi2
Dermatomyositis
rimmed vacuoles HIV myopathy ... load Drug-induced myopathy ... Gemcitabine Lupus Myopathy ... 5-15% of lupus myopathy ... Myositis #Myopathies #myopathy
Myelopathy - Injury to the entire spinal cord - Signs and Symptoms
 • Ataxia (early sign)
Myelopathy - Injury ... early signs) #Myelopathy
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
Causes of Peripheral ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Congenital Myopathy ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes