Diagnosaurus
Myositis
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DDx
Muscle inflammation
- Polymyositis
- Dermatomyositis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
- Scleroderma
- Sjögren's syndrome
- Inclusion body myositis
- Trichinosis (Trichinella infection)
- Sarcocystosis
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Endocrine: hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, Cushing's syndrome
- Alcoholism
- Drugs: corticosteroids, statins, clofibrate, colchicine, chloroquine, emetine, aminocaproic acid, bretylium, penicillamine, drugs causing hypokalemia
- HIV myopathy
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Spinal stenosis
- Osteomalacia
- Mitochondrial myopathy
- Diabetic lumbosacral plexopathy
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DDx
Muscle inflammation
- Polymyositis
- Dermatomyositis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
- Scleroderma
- Sjögren's syndrome
- Inclusion body myositis
- Trichinosis (Trichinella infection)
- Sarcocystosis
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Endocrine: hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, Cushing's syndrome
- Alcoholism
- Drugs: corticosteroids, statins, clofibrate, colchicine, chloroquine, emetine, aminocaproic acid, bretylium, penicillamine, drugs causing hypokalemia
- HIV myopathy
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Spinal stenosis
- Osteomalacia
- Mitochondrial myopathy
- Diabetic lumbosacral plexopathy
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Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Myositis." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2015. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114038/all/Myositis.
Zeiger RFR. Myositis. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114038/all/Myositis. Accessed January 26, 2021.
Zeiger, R. F. (2015). Myositis. In Diagnosaurus (4th edition). McGraw-Hill Education. Retrieved January 26, 2021, from https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114038/all/Myositis
Zeiger RFR. Myositis [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. [cited 2021 January 26]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114038/all/Myositis.
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