J Korean Neurol Assoc.  1993 Mar;11(1):138-140.

A Case of Inclusion Body Myositis

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Korea.
  • 2Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Korea.
  • 3Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Kyungbuk National University, Korea.

Abstract

Here we report a case of the classical inclusion body myositis. The muscle pathology in a 61-year-old male patient with slowly progressive proximal muscle weakness and atrophy revealed basophilic rimmed vacuoles on light microscope and intracytoplasmic filamentous inclusions with membranous whorls through electron microscope. He did not respond to steroid therapy.


MeSH Terms

Atrophy
Basophils
Humans
Inclusion Bodies*
Male
Middle Aged
Muscle Weakness
Myositis, Inclusion Body*
Pathology
Vacuoles
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