Joyce Emma, Wigley Fredrick M, Hummers Laura K, Paik Julie J
Department of Community Health, School of Arts and Sciences, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA.
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
J Scleroderma Relat Disord. 2024 Feb;9(1):NP12-NP15. doi: 10.1177/23971983231197442. Epub 2023 Sep 18.
We present a case series of four patients with systemic sclerosis and skeletal myopathy. While idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, or myositis, are thought to be the most common type of muscle disease seen in systemic sclerosis, we highlight four cases where unique clinical findings and careful assessment ruled out myositis mimics. Key diagnostic tools that can be helpful for clinicians to diagnose a neuromuscular disease are also detailed in this report.
我们报告了一组4例系统性硬化症合并骨骼肌病的病例。虽然特发性炎性肌病(即肌炎)被认为是系统性硬化症中最常见的肌肉疾病类型,但我们着重介绍了4例通过独特的临床发现和仔细评估排除了肌炎模仿症的病例。本报告还详细介绍了有助于临床医生诊断神经肌肉疾病的关键诊断工具。