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Polymyositis presenting with severe weakness involving only one arm.

R J Stark

    Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine
    |October 1, 1978
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    This case study highlights a rare instance of polymyositis presenting with severe, one-sided arm weakness. The diagnosis was delayed for six years until leg weakness appeared, confirming the polymyositis diagnosis.

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    Area of Science:

    • Neurology
    • Immunology
    • Muscle Diseases

    Background:

    • Polymyositis is an idiopathic inflammatory myopathy characterized by symmetrical muscle weakness.
    • Asymmetrical muscle involvement in polymyositis is considered rare in clinical practice.
    • Delayed diagnosis can occur in atypical presentations of inflammatory myopathies.