Recurrent myositis with infection.

Recurrent localised myositis.

Recurrent Bilateral Focal Myositis

This report describes a rare case of recurrent bilateral focal myositis and its successful treatment via methotrexate. A 38-year-old man presented myalgia of the right gastrocnemius in May 2005. Magnetic resonance imaging showed very high signal intensity in the right gastrocnemius on short-tau inversion recovery images. A muscle biopsy revealed inflammatory CD4+ cell-dominant myogenic change. ...

Myositis and acute respiratory infection.

formulation as blue-coloured, sweet-tasting tablets, and in the fact that it is prescribed for migraine, a relatively non-serious disease. Dixarit is probably regarded as a non-dangerous drug, being stored in places accessible to children, while, by contrast, the antihypertensive Catapres is treated with appropriate respect. We hope that this article will alert doctors prescribing Dixarit so th...

[Coxsackie virus infection associated with myositis and polyarthritis].

A wide spectrum of muscle disorders caused by Coxsackie B virus, ranging from acute nonspecific myalgia to rhabdomyolisis have been described. Arthritis in not widely recognised as an either manifestation of Coxsackie virus infection, and only ten patients has been reported previously. A case of polymyositis and polyarthritis associated with primary Coxsackie B infection in a 6-year-old girl is...

Inclusion body myositis and HIV infection.

Dr. Marcos R. Gomes de Freitas – Rua Gastão Ruch 16 / 1402 24220-100 Niterói RJ Brasil. E-mail: [email protected] Neurological disorders are frequent complications of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 infection, and include central nervous system (CNS) infections, neoplasm, vascular complications, peripheral neuropathies, and myopathies. Early series emphasized CNS diseases, with ...