feet can be a symptom of advanced polymyositis and inclusion body myositis. The systemic involvement of polymyositis includes interstitial lung disease...

criteria, which are also used to differentially diagnose with respect to polymyositis: Muscle weakness in both thighs or both upper arms Using a blood test...

well, polymyositis tends to respond well to treatments, IBM does not. IBM is often confused with (misdiagnosed as) polymyositis. Polymyositis that does...

of symptoms of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), scleroderma, and polymyositis. The idea behind the "mixed" disease is that this specific autoantibody...

associated with giant-cell arteritis (It often responds to prednisolone). Polymyositis is an autoimmune condition in which the muscle is affected. Rhabdomyolysis...

celiac disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjögren's syndrome or polymyositis; gastrointestinal diseases, such as non-celiac gluten sensitivity (which...

disease Trauma Rheumatic fever Chronic gout or pseudogout Scleroderma Polymyositis Systemic lupus erythematosus Erythema nodosum Neuropathic arthropathy...

most common antibody is "Anti-Jo-1" named after John P, a patient with polymyositis and interstitial lung disease detected in 1980. This anti-histidyl tRNA...

underlying cancer. The main classes of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy are polymyositis (PM), dermatomyositis (DM) (including juvenile, amyopathic, and sine-dermatitis...

that typically test positive for autoantibodies are dermatomyositis, polymyositis, and inclusion body myositis. Other autoimmune diseases, such as systemic...