Hydroxychloroquine-Induced Myopathy Responding to Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG)
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چکیده
Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), a drug used to treat many diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), has limited reports documenting drug-induced myopathies side effect. This entity is underdiagnosed with unclear treatment interventions apart from discontinuing the offending drug. We report case of biopsy-proven hydroxychloroquine-induced myopathy in 35-year-old female patient SLE. The was stopped, but did not improve. However, she showed marked improvement after use intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG).
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Cureus
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['2168-8184']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41016