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2008
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Postinfectious focal necrotizing myopathy
Postinfectious focal necrotizing myopathy
A 37-year-old woman was admitted to our department with general fatigue, fever, and asymmetric pain in her lower legs, 2 weeks after a common cold. Dynamic skeletal scintigraphy with 780 MBq (20 mCi) Tc-99m HDP revealed increased perfusion and tracer uptake in the soft tissue of the lower legs, sugg...
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Personal Name(s): | Dafotakis, M. |
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Sparing, R. / Eickhoff, S. B. / Boy, C. / Nikolin, S. / Fink, G. R. | |
Contributing Institute: |
Institut für Neurowissenschaften und Biophysik - Medizin; INB-3 |
Published in: | Clinical nuclear medicine, 33 (2008) S. 500 - 501 |
Imprint: |
Philadelphia, Pa.
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
2008
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Physical Description: |
500 - 501 |
PubMed ID: |
18580242 |
DOI: |
10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181779324 |
Document Type: |
Journal Article |
Research Program: |
Funktion und Dysfunktion des Nervensystems |
Series Title: |
Clinical Nuclear Medicine
33 |
Subject (ZB): | |
Publikationsportal JuSER |
A 37-year-old woman was admitted to our department with general fatigue, fever, and asymmetric pain in her lower legs, 2 weeks after a common cold. Dynamic skeletal scintigraphy with 780 MBq (20 mCi) Tc-99m HDP revealed increased perfusion and tracer uptake in the soft tissue of the lower legs, suggesting an inflammatory etiology. A muscle biopsy revealed a vasculitic necrotizing myopathy predominantly affecting the small vessels of the lower legs. We diagnosed it as a postinfectious immunologic reaction. |