Internal Medicine
Online ISSN : 1349-7235
Print ISSN : 0918-2918
ISSN-L : 0918-2918
CASE REPORTS
Development of Necrotizing Myopathy Following Interstitial Lung Disease with Anti-signal Recognition Particle Antibody
Tatsuya KusumotoSatoshi OkamoriKeita MasuzawaTakanori AsakuraNaoshi NishinaShotaro ChubachiKatsuhiko NaokiKoichi FukunagaTomoko Betsuyaku
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2018 Volume 57 Issue 14 Pages 2045-2049

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A 72-year-old man was admitted due to dyspnea on exertion with interstitial shadows and elevated serum creatinine kinase (CK). Despite a close examination, which included magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), we could not diagnose myopathy. Prednisolone was administered and gradually tapered. One year later, anti-signal recognition particle (SRP) antibody was confirmed and he was re-admitted for hypoxemia with elevated CK. MRI revealed muscle edema and a histopathological examination of a muscle biopsy specimen showed necrotizing myopathy. Prednisolone, cyclosporine, and intravenous immunoglobulin were administered. Physicians should carefully monitor muscle symptoms and serum CK levels in cases of interstitial lung disease with anti-SRP antibodies.

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