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Revista del Cuerpo Médico Hospital Nacional Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo

Print version ISSN 2225-5109On-line version ISSN 2227-4731

Abstract

CABRERA TAIPE, Víctor; COAGUILA LA TORRE, Luis  and  PAREDES MAYORGA, Angela. Autoinuminous necrotizing myositis: case report and literature review. Rev. Cuerpo Med. HNAAA [online]. 2023, vol.16, n.1, pp.138-141.  Epub Mar 27, 2023. ISSN 2225-5109.  http://dx.doi.org/10.35434/rcmhnaaa.2023.161.1484.

Introduction:

autoimmune necrotizing myositis is a rare disease in our environment, but it constitutes one of the forms of autoimmune inflammatory myopathies in approximately 20% of cases.

Case report:

This paper presents the case of a patient who was hospitalized in the internal medicine service who had a favorable outcome after his diagnosis.

Conclusion:

Autoimmune necrotizing myositis is an inflammatory myopathy that is difficult to diagnose, but is increasingly prevalent among myopathies.

Keywords : Myopathy; autoimmune; necrotizing.

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