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  • Title: [A case of polymyositis in autoimmune thyroiditis with hyperthyroidism].
    Author: Stevanato F, Martinello F, Pesce R, Terribile IV, Saia A, Trevisan CP.
    Journal: Riv Neurol; 1991; 61(1):17-9. PubMed ID: 1857918.
    Abstract:
    A young woman, during an autoimmune thyroiditis with hyperthyroidism, suffered from progressive proximal weakness at her four limbs. The diagnosis of a concomitant polymyositis was indicated by a marked increase of plasma CPK, myopathic findings at EMG and a clearcut picture of inflammatory alterations at muscle biopsy. Steroid therapy brought a full recovery of both thyroid and muscular symptoms. In the following months, the patient suffered from a second episode of thyroiditis and subsequently from another poussée of polymyositis. The possible pathogenesis underlying the unusual association of an autoimmune thyroiditis with a polymyositis is discussed.
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