Subacute Structural Myopathy Associated With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

1 May 1988

journal article
case report
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Neurology

Vol. 45 (5) , 585-587
https://doi.org/10.1001/archneur.1988.00520290125026

Abstract

• An unusual myopathy characterized by selective loss of thick filaments and widespread formation of rod bodies is described in two men, both seropositive for human immunodeficiency virus. We were unable to find any previous reports documenting this combination of morphological abnormalities, which we believe may be related to human immunodeficiency virus infection. Both patients responded to treatment: one, to steroid therapy; the other, to plasmapheresis.

Keywords

MYOPATHY
STRUCTURAL
TREATMENT
HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION
THICK
LOSS
STEROID
MORPHOLOGICAL

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