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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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Myositis." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114038/all/Myositis.
Zeiger RF. Myositis. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114038/all/Myositis. Accessed June 3, 2020.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Myositis. In Diagnosaurus (4th edition). McGraw-Hill Education. Retrieved June 03, 2020, from https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114038/all/Myositis
Zeiger RF. Myositis [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2020 June 03]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114038/all/Myositis.
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