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- Title
Diffuse oesophageal involvement in anti-NXP2 myositis and response to combined immunosuppressive therapy.
- Authors
Fanouriakis, Antonis; Lazarini, Argyro; Sofianos, Ioannis; Papadopoulos, Constantinos; Bagiazidou, Eleni; Balanika, Alexia; Elezoglou, Antonia
- Abstract
The article describes the case of a 66-year-old lady with diffuse myalgias over the past four months and had muscle weakness and elevated creatine phosphokinase. Topics discussed include findings on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the thighs, reason that the patient underwent urgent tracheostomy, and effective second-line agents for refractory cases of myositis.
- Subjects
AUTOANTIBODIES; PHYSICAL diagnosis; CLINICAL pathology; C-reactive protein; CREATINE kinase; MYOSITIS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE agents; ESOPHAGUS diseases
- Publication
Rheumatology, 2021, Vol 60, Issue 11, pe378
- ISSN
1462-0324
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1093/rheumatology/keab422