A 64-Year-Old Woman with Chest Pain, Limb Weakness, and Endometrial Cancer

Necrotizing autoimmune myopathy (NAM) is a rare subgroup of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM). This pathology usually affects proximal limb muscles and in some cases the myocardium. Patients usually display proximal limb weakness. Muscular biopsy is required to confirm the diagnosis. We repor...

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Main Authors: Simon Ponthus, Omar Kherad, Nicole Petriccioli, Johannes Alexander Lobrinus, Pierre-André A. Guerne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Rheumatology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1891897
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