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Inclusion body myositis - case report

Inclusion body myositis is a clinical entitiy which should be considered on differential diagnosis of patients presenting with weakness and wasting of proximal muscle groups, lack of laboratory and histologic evidence of muscle necrosis and systemic inflammatory response. We describe a 43-year-old woman with muscle weakness and wasting of proximal muscle groups. Glucocorticoid treatment yielded no effect and the muscle symptoms worsened. The diagnosis of inclusion body myositis was established after repeat biopsy of the affected muscle and even higher doses of glucocorticoids were admitted, again with no effect. The patient died from stroke before any other treatment for inclusion body myositis could be considered.

inclusion body myositis; muscle biopsy; glucocorticoid treatment

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