Neuromyositis associated with cytomegalovirus infection in an immunocompetent patient with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies-associated vasculitis
| Autor: | Abdelhafid El Jouehari, Ouadie Qamouss, Jawad Oumerzouk, Ahmed Bourazza, Yahya Hssaini |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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myalgia
Adult Male Vasculitis Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Immunology Neuritis Cytomegalovirus Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Antibodies Viral Polymerase Chain Reaction Antibodies Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Virology Biopsy medicine Humans Myositis Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Histocytochemistry Polyradiculoneuropathy medicine.disease Muscle atrophy Cytomegalovirus Infections DNA Viral Molecular Medicine medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Viral immunology. 26(1) |
| ISSN: | 1557-8976 |
| Popis: | The role of CMV in ANCA-positive vasculitis is controversial. A 40-year-old man, with an unremarkable medical history, presented with progressive muscle weakness of all four limbs, accompanied by diffuse myalgia, arthralgia, and a 10 kg weight loss 2 months before admission to the Neurology Department of our hospital. Clinical examination revealed a flaccid tetraparesis with absent reflexes on the lower limbs and marked muscle atrophy. Electrophysiological investigations were consistent with a demyelinating motor polyradiculoneuropathy. Laboratory data showed AST=1137 IU/L (normal |
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