Sarcoid Myopathy in a Patient With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
- 1 May 1995
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Southern Medical Association in Southern Medical Journal
- Vol. 88 (5) , 591-595
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-199505000-00018
Abstract
Although neither sarcoidosis nor HIV infection is rare, only eight patients with both diseases have been described. None of the eight had sarcoid myopathy. We describe a patient who had HIV infection and decreased CD4+ T-lymphocytes as well as sarcoidosis with muscle involvement. During 3 years of observation, primary sarcoidosis remitted and myopathic symptoms were controlled with prednisone. No opportunistic infections occurred during more than 3 years of prednisone therapy.Keywords
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