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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 ... #Inflammatory ... #Hypothyroid myopathy ... Statin-induced myopathy ... Cocaine-induced myopathy
Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies - 
Dermatomyositis (DM), Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy (IMNM), Antisynthetase Syndrome (ASS), Inclusion Body Myositis
Idiopathic Inflammatory ... Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy ... TerrierBen #Inflammatory ... Myopathies #Idiopathic #Myopathy
Statin Induced Muscle Toxicity - Summary

Clinical Presentation:
 • Elevations of serum creatine kinase with proximal myalgia
, toxic myopathy ... Statins → Inflammatory ... Statin-induced myopathy ... - Necrotizing myopathy ... : Inflammatory statin
Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
That May Mimic Inflammatory ... Myopathy • Central ... Mitochondrial myopathy ... MuscleWeakness #Myopathy
Seronegative Inflammatory Arthritis - Differential Diagnosis
 • Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis 
 • Infectious Arthritis: Viral, Bacterial,
Seronegative Inflammatory ... Still's Disease, Inflammatory ... Myopathy • Crystal ... #Seronegative #Inflammatory
Acute Myelopathies.
#AcuteMyelopathies #Myelopathy #schema
AcuteMyelopathies #Myelopathy
Creatine Kinase - Causes of Elevated CK Levels
Acute CK Elevation (Pain > Weakness):
 • RHABDOMYOLYSIS
Critical Illness Myopathy ... toxoplasmosis - Inflammatory ... myopathy: dermatomyositis ... 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
Neurological Patterns of Weakness
 • Hemispheric lesion
 • Brainstem lesion
 • Spinal cord lesion
 • Polyneuropathy
Polyneuropathy • Myopathy