Case Report of Necrotizing Autoimmune Myositis With Slightly High Creatinine Phosphokinase
Abstract
 The idiopathic inflammatory myopathy consists of  			dermatomyositis (DM), polymyositis (PM), necrotizing autoimmune myositis (NAM) and sporadic  			inclusion body  myositis (sIBM). The specific etiologies of these  			muscle diseases are not well known and are thought to involve  			components of the humoral and cellular immune system as well as  			other nonimmune factors.   A case of NAM who was HIV-positive was reported. His  			muscle biopsy was highly suggestive of NAM but creatinine  			phosphokinase (CPK) was not favoring the diagnosis. After receiving  			IVIG pulse therapy, his weakness improved up to that much that he  			returned back to his work of auto rickshaw driving.
J Neurol Res. 2014;4(4):117-120
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jnr288w
		J Neurol Res. 2014;4(4):117-120
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jnr288w
Keywords
Dermatomyositis; Polymyositis; Inclusion body myositis; Necrotizing autoimmune myositis; HIV
		

 
  
  
  
  
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