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What is the stepwise investigation of patients suspected of inflammatory myopathy?
Especially in an inpatient setting when EMG is not immediately available.
Answer from: at Academic Institution
I have published an algorithmic approach to suspected inflammatory myopathy in Continuum Lifelong Learning in Neurology from AAN (Manousakis, PMID 36537973). Unfortunately, the article is not free, and I can't attach the algorithm in this response, because it's a PPT file. Happy to provide it upon r...
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Answer from: at Academic Institution
If clinical suspicion is high, you can also consider sending MyoMarker 3 in addition to MRI and biopsy, as Dr. @Aggarwal recommends.
Answer from: at Academic Institution
MRI followed by muscle biopsy.
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What would be the MRI protocol used and which musc...
What would be the MRI protocol used and which musc...
Answer from: at Academic Institution
And diabetic myopathy, colchicine-induced neuromyopathy, and statin-induced necrotizing myopathy that can be irreversible even when the drug is withdrawn, especially in patients with positive anti-HMG CoA reductase antibodies.
Answer from: at Community Practice
Remember alcoholic myopathy as well.