Idiopathic eosinophilic myositis associated with vasculitis and symmetrical polyneuropathy.
We present a 79-yr-old white woman admitted to the hospital with diffuse myalgias and muscle weakness associated with eosinophilia. Examination of a muscle biopsy section revealed eosinophilic myositis with vasculitis. This association is infrequent and we describe the first case report with symmetrical polyneuropathy. The treatment with prednisone (60 mg/day) led to a complete clinical-pathological recovery of the disease. We review the differential diagnosis and the aetiopathogenic mechanism.
Espino-Montoro
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Department of Internal Medicine, De la Merced University Hospital, Osuna (Seville), Spain.
Medina
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Marin-Martin
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Jimenez-Gonzalo
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Moalla
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Fernandez-Gonzalez
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Vahi
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D000368:Aged; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology; D009220:Myositis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D011239:Prednisolone