Case of Toxoplasma Polymyositis

A Rare Case of Paraneoplastic Polymyositis

The association of inflammatory myopathies such as dermatomyositis and polymyositis with malignancies has been well described in literature. The present case report discusses a rare presentation of polymyositis as a paraneoplastic manifestation of an unknown malignancy in an elderly patient. The study underscores the need to conduct careful clinical investigation for the prompt diagnosis and tr...

Juvenile polymyositis and leptospirosis association: case report

Introduction The Polymyositis (PM) is an inflammatory myopathy with symmetrical proximal muscle weakness, especially in pelvic, shoulder girdle and cervical musculature. It may occur primary or secondary to other diseases. Diagnosis is made by exclusion of other etiologies, such as infections, endocrinopathies, metabolics diseases and Bohan and Peter criteria. Leptospirosis is a zoonosis of wor...

The case of Toxoplasma gondii

National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA UMR 5251, IMB, Université Bordeaux, 33076 Bordeaux, France Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne, CERFE, 5 rue de la Héronnière, F-08240 Boult-aux-Bois, France Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne, SFR Cap Santé, EA 3800, 51 rue Cognacq-Jay, 51096 Reims, France VetAgro-Sup Campus Vét...

A case of crescentic glomerulonephritis associated with polymyositis.

A case of polymyositis associated with Hashimoto's thyroiditis

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