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Query: UMLS:C0027121 (myositis)
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A 47-year-old woman with mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) was reported. She developed various neuromuscular complications including carpal tunnel syndrome, narrowing of visual field, dysesthesia on face and extremities and weakness before elevation of antibody to RNP. On the examination of biopsied specimens of muscle and peripheral nerve, myositis and demyelination were suspected, respectively. Electroencephalography showed diffuse slowing which was without clinical evidence of the central nervous system involvement and was normalized by the treatment with prednisolone. Present case seems to provide some insights into the neuromuscular complications in MCTD.
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PMID:[Mixed connective tissue disease--various neuromuscular complications prior to the elevation of antibody to RNP]. 180 73

A 47-year-old man experienced multifocal mononeuropathy and putative ganglionopathy associated with influenza B infection, characterized by aching and dysesthesia in the right arm and left leg with normal deep sense. He displayed muscle atrophy in the affected limbs, which might have resulted from local myositis or a disorder similar to neuralgic amyotrophy. Sural nerve biopsy revealed a severe loss of unmyelinated and thinly myelinated fibres, consistent with a small fibre neuropathy, without evidence of angiopathy or inflammation. We could not detect any other cause of the neuropathy except influenza B. In this case, it may be inferred that small-diameter neurons in the dorsal root ganglia and thinly- or nonmyelinated fibres were selectively involved through a post-infectious immune process. To our knowledge, small fibre neuropathy following influenza B has never been reported.
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PMID:Painful small-fibre multifocal mononeuropathy and local myositis following influenza B infection. 933 19