title: [Polymyositis associated with HIV immunodeficiency: clinical case and literature review].
abstract: A 33 year old female, suffering from HIV infection, presents with diffuse myalgia, generalized muscle weakness and painless dysphagia. An extensive work-up allows to diagnose an HIV-related polymyositis; while well-known, this entity is however rarely observed. Technetium-99m MDP skeletal scintigraphy shows multiple extra-osseous accumulations of the tracer: these observations, as well as the differential diagnoses of muscular involvement during HIV infection, are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Service des Radioisotopes, C.H.U. Saint-Pierre, U.L.B.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vitali
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tondeur
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hermans
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Deweerdt
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Clumeck
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000821:virology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D018908:Muscle Weakness / Q000821:virology; D010146:Pain / Q000821:virology; D017285:Polymyositis / Q000097:blood / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology*; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D011239:Prednisolone; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate