Sarcoid myopathy in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection.
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.
Granieri
J
J
Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, OH 44106, USA.
Wisnieski
J J
JJ
Graham
R C
RC
Smith
H
H
Gogate
P
P
Aucott
J N
JN
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
D015704:CD4 Antigens; D015215:Zidovudine; D011241:Prednisone