title: Systemic muscular inflammation in a patient with recurrent orbital myositis.
abstract: We report a 53-year-old Japanese woman who had recurrent orbital myositis for 14 years. She exhibited mild muscle weakness in proximal limbs 13 years after the onset of orbital myositis. An electromyogram revealed myopathic potentials and denervation potentials in proximal limb muscles. Quadriceps biopsy showed infiltrates of mononuclear cells around intramuscular vessels and mild degenerative changes in muscle cells. These findings indicate that the present case belongs to the spectrum of localized nodular myositis.
authors: Department of Medicine and Bioregulatory Sciences, University of Tokushima Graduate School of Medicine, Tokushima, Japan.
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Omori
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Mitsui
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Kunishige
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Endo
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Takahashi
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Matsumoto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology*; D016727:Orbital Pseudotumor / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D017285:Polymyositis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D012008:Recurrence