101. Disease - Myositis, North Carolina Disease myositis, Online Medical Encyclopedia courtesy of University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina serving 29 counties in eastern North Carolina. http://www.uhseast.com/11699.cfm

Back Email Us Search Centers of Excellence ... Disease Management Disease - Myositis Definition: Myositis is an inflammation or swelling of the voluntary (skeletal) muscles, often caused by injury or infection. Alternative Names: Myitis Review Date: 10/24/2003 Reviewed By: Stanford Peng, M.D., Ph.D., Division of Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

102. Disease - Inclusion Body Myositis (IBM) Please Rate this Page. Inclusion Body myositis (IBM). Disease Name, Inclusion Body myositis (IBM). SearchTerm, IBM. Inheritance Type, sporadic and inherited forms. http://disability.ucdavis.edu/resources/diseases/list/disease.asp?id=48

103. Myositis Laboratory myositis Testing Laboratory. About 50% of patients with polymyositis or dermatomyositis have specific MSA or myositis associated antibodies (MAA). http://www.omrf.ouhsc.edu/OMRF/Core/MyositisLab.asp

Myositis Testing Laboratory Another type of autoimmune disease attacks the muscles of the body. The "myositis-specific antibodies" (MSA) can assist in the diagnosis of polymyositis and dermatomyositis in those patients who have the diseases. About 50% of patients with polymyositis or dermatomyositis have specific MSA or myositis associated antibodies (MAA). MSA are almost never found in patients without myositis, even if they have other muscle diseases of autoimmune diseases. This means that when the physician's examination and initial testing suggests the possibility of polymyositis or dermatomyositis, a positive test for an MSA can be strong supporting evidence for the diagnosis. For a long time the testing for these antibodies was only available in research studies, but it is now possible to obtain this testing clinically. The Myositis Profile, performed at the OMRF Clinical Immunology Laboratory, includes tests for 12 of the MSAs and MAAs. Additional antibodies may be detectable using this profile. Dr. Ira Targoff is the consultant to the Clinical Immunology Laboratory regarding this testing. As with the Reichlin Profile for lupus, patients with a particular antibody may have distinctive clinical pictures with certain associated problems. Identifying certain antibodies can help characterize the condition more fully. Research continues in our lab, and others around the world, to determine the nature of the relationship between the various MSAs and polymyositis and dermatomyositis.

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105. Case 72 --Skeletal/Soft Tissue Pathology Case Case 72 Pain in Left Proximal Medial Thigh. Contributed by Maria Parizhskaya, MD, Lance Cohen, MD, and Paul S. Dickman, MD Published on line in August 1996. http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case72.html

Case 72 Pain in Left Proximal Medial Thigh Contributed by Maria Parizhskaya, M.D., Lance Cohen, M.D., and Paul S. Dickman, M.D. Published on line in August 1996 PATIENT HISTORY The patient was a 9 1/2 year old boy with pain in his left proximal medial thigh. RADIOLOGY (MRI) Nuclear medicine whole body image demostrates a mass in the left medial thigh. Axial post-contrast T1 weighted image demonstrates a densely enhancing mass arising within the left adductor magnus muscle. The margins of the mass are somewhat indistinct due to adjacent intramuscular edema and inflammation. Coronal T2 weighted image demonstrates the full extent of the intramuscular abnormality. GROSS DESCRIPTION MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION FINAL DIAGNOSIS

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