A 64-Year-Old Woman with Chest Pain, Limb Weakness, and Endometrial Cancer
Joint Authors
Kherad, Omar
Ponthus, Simon
Petriccioli, Nicole
Lobrinus, Johannes Alexander
Guerne, Pierre-André A.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-03-08
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
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 report the case of a 64-year-old woman with an atypical first presentation of NAM, manifested by chest pain in the context of metastatic endometrial cancer.
The diagnosis of NAM was however made when she returned a second time with proximal limb weakness.
A treatment with prednisone was then initiated, to which rituximab was rapidly associated, beside a specific chemotherapy.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ponthus, Simon& Kherad, Omar& Petriccioli, Nicole& Lobrinus, Johannes Alexander& Guerne, Pierre-André A.. 2017. A 64-Year-Old Woman with Chest Pain, Limb Weakness, and Endometrial Cancer. Case Reports in Rheumatology،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1149930
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ponthus, Simon…[et al.]. A 64-Year-Old Woman with Chest Pain, Limb Weakness, and Endometrial Cancer. Case Reports in Rheumatology No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1149930
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ponthus, Simon& Kherad, Omar& Petriccioli, Nicole& Lobrinus, Johannes Alexander& Guerne, Pierre-André A.. A 64-Year-Old Woman with Chest Pain, Limb Weakness, and Endometrial Cancer. Case Reports in Rheumatology. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1149930
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1149930