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Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies - 
Dermatomyositis (DM), Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy (IMNM), Antisynthetase Syndrome (ASS), Inclusion Body Myositis
Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies ... Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy ... Antisynthetase Syndrome ... #Inflammatory #Myopathies ... #Idiopathic #Myopathy
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
Autoimmune Myositis
Necrotizing myopathy is associated with higher CK levels, greater level of muscle weakness, less systemic
Myositis Necrotizing myopathy ... less systemic symptoms ... , holster sign, ... anti-synthetase syndrome ... and anti-HMGCR myopathy
Myelopathy - Injury to the entire spinal cord - Signs and Symptoms
 • Ataxia (early sign)
Myelopathy - Injury ... spinal cord - Signs ... and Symptoms ... ) #Myelopathy ... #symptoms #msk
Hypothyroidism – symptoms and signs.

Symptoms: 
Tiredness/malaise, 
Weight gain,
Anorexia,
Cold intolerance, 
Poor memory,
Change in appearance, 
Depression, 
Poor libido,
Hypothyroidism – symptoms ... and signs. ... Symptoms: Tiredness ... Carpal timel syndrome ... hypertrophy, Proximal myopathy
Symptoms of Hypophosphatemia
 • CNS: Seizures, Delirium, Paresthesias, Central & extrapontine myelinolysis, Hallucinations, Fatigue
 • Hematologic:
Symptoms of Hypophosphatemia ... MSK: Proximal myopathy ... Hypophosphatemia #Phosphate #Symptoms ... #Signs #Diagnosis
Hypothyroid Myopathy
Very common (up to 80% ) in patients with hypothyroidism
Pathophysiology:
 • T4 deficiency leads to
Hypothyroid Myopathy ... Symmetric, proximal myopathy ... #Hypothyroid #Myopathy ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #endocrinology
Hyperthyroidism – symptoms and signs. 

Symptoms:

Weight loss, Increased appetite, Irritability/behaviour change, Restlessness, Malaise, Stiffness, Muscle weakness,
Hyperthyroidism – symptoms ... and signs. ... Symptoms: Weight ... ), Sweating Signs ... loss, Proximal myopathy
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE): Musculoskeletal Manifestations

 • Immune Complex Deposition
    - Arthralgia, Arthritis
femoral heads • Myopathy ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
Myoedema in Hypothyroidism on Physical Exam

Hypothyroidism is a clinical syndrome resulting from the production, secretion or
is a clinical syndrome ... varied clinical symptoms ... There are several symptoms ... and scaly skin, myopathy ... Myopathy due to