Atypical presentation of necrotising autoimmune myopathy

Mitochondrial myopathy with atypical subacute presentation.

Creatinine Phosphokinase (CPK) Elevation in the Coexistence of Wilson's Disease and Autoimmune Hepatitis with Atypical Presentation: A Diagnostic Dilemma

Background: Wilson's disease (WD) is a genetic disorder with various clinical presentations due to excessive accumulation of copper in the liver and other organs. It can present as acute/chronic hepatitis, liver failure, extrahepatic and neuromuscular manifestations. Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a necroinflammatory disease of the liver, which affects a lot of people particularly the children p...

Odontogenic Fibroma of the Maxilla - An Atypical Presentation

Odontogenic fibroma (OF) is considered an unusual, benign mesenchymal neoplasm and one of the most little-understood lesions amongst all odontogenic neoplasms. The incidence rate of the tumor is from 0% to 5.5%. WHO classified them into intraosseous or central and extraosseous or peripheral variants. It chiefly consists of fibroblastic tissue with an inconsistent amount of inactive appearing od...

Statin-Induced Necrotizing Autoimmune Myopathy

A 76-year-old man with a history of two prior strokes complicated by residual mild cognitive impairment, atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus type 2, congestive heart failure, dyslipidemia, and stage 3 chronic kidney disease was admitted for failure to thrive and functional decline. Two months prior, he had been briefly hospitalized for fatigue and inability to walk. ...

Ascending paresis as presentation of an unusual association between necrotizing autoimmune myopathy and systemic lupus erythematosus.

A 45 year-old man went to the emergency room due to disease duration of 15 days of insidious onset and progressive course. It began with symmetrical weakness and pain in feet and ankles that extends upward to the knees. Later, this progressed to paraparesis with Creatine phosphokinase levels of 44,270 U/L and respiratory failure that required mechanical ventilation. Electromyography and muscle ...