title: Sarcoid myopathy in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection.
abstract: Although neither sarcoidosis nor HIV infection is rare, only eight patients with both diseases have been described. None of the eight had sarcoid myopathy. We describe a patient who had HIV infection and decreased CD4+ T-lymphocytes as well as sarcoidosis with muscle involvement. During 3 years of observation, primary sarcoidosis remitted and myopathic symptoms were controlled with prednisone. No opportunistic infections occurred during more than 3 years of prednisone therapy.
authors.affiliation: Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, OH 44106, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Granieri
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Wisnieski
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Graham
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gogate
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Aucott
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015704:CD4 Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D015215:Zidovudine / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D015704:CD4 Antigens; D015215:Zidovudine; D011241:Prednisone