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​Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Inflammatory Myositis
INFECTIOUS
• Viral myositis: retroviruses (HIV, HTLV-1), enteroviruses (echovirus, coxsackievirus), other viruses (influenza, hepatitis A
and B, Epstein-Barr)
• Bacterial: pyomyositis
• Parasites: trichinosis, cysticercosis
• Fungi: candidiasis
IDIOPATHIC
• Granulomatous myositis (sarcoid, giant cell)
• Eosinophilic myositis
• Eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome
ENDOCRINE/METABOLIC DISORDERS
• Hypothyroidism
• Hyperthyroidism
• Hypercortisolism
• Hyperparathyroidism
• Hypoparathyroidism
• Hypocalcemia
• Hypokalemia
METABOLIC MYOPATHIES
• Myophosphorylase deficiency (McArdle’s disease)
• Phosphofructokinase deficiency
• Myoadenylate deaminase deficiency
• Acid maltase deficiency
• Lipid storage diseases
• Acute rhabdomyolysis
DRUG-INDUCED MYOPATHIES
• Alcohol
• D-Penicillamine
• Zidovudine
• Colchicine
• Chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine
• Statins
• Cyclosporine
• Cocaine, heroin, barbiturates
• Corticosteroids
NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS
• Muscular dystrophies
• Congenital myopathies
• Motor neuron disease
• Guillain-Barré syndrome
• Myasthenia gravis
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