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Polymyositis Presenting with Respiratory Symptoms
Yashpal Singh1, Sanghamitra Laskar1, Manish Mittal1
1Department of Neurology, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
Abstract:
Polymyositis is a group of muscle disease characterised by progressive muscle inflammation and predominantly muscle weakness. It usually presents subacutely with proximal weakness and mild diffuse muscular pain. Some patients have atypical presentation like early respiratory difficulty, Motor neuron disease (MND), or isolated dysphagia which leads to delay in diagnosis and treatment. We present one such case.
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