Case of Mitochondrial Myopathy Presenting as Pseudoileus

Mitochondrial myopathy presenting as fibromyalgia: a case report

INTRODUCTION To the best of our knowledge, we describe for the first time the case of a woman who met the diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia, did not respond to therapy for that disorder, and was subsequently diagnosed by biochemical and genetic studies with a mitochondrial myopathy. Treatment of the mitochondrial myopathy resulted in resolution of symptoms. This case demonstrates that mitoch...

Sarcoidosis presenting as proximal myopathy.

Sarcoidosis is a multi-system inflammatory disorder of unknown cause. Most patients with this disease present with respiratory symptoms as lungs are frequently affected organs. Symptomatic muscle involvement is rare1 and presentation of this disease as myopathy is even rarer.2 We describe a case of a lady who presented with severe disabling proximal myopathy as the only feature of underlying sa...

Thyroid myopathy with rhabdomyolysis presenting as agitation: a case report.

Osteomalacia in adolescents presenting as proximal myopathy

We report three adolescent patients with osteomalacia who presented initially with clinical features consistent with proximal myopathy. All patients had low serum level of 25 hydroxy vitamin D. Furthermore, radiological investigations confirmed osteomalacia. Myopathy responded well to appropriate treatment of osteomalacia. Possible pathophysiologic explanation of myopathy in patients with osteo...

Sarcoidosis Presenting as Löfgren's Syndrome with Myopathy

A 34-year-old female patient, who had proximal muscle weakness for 8 months, presented with erythema nodosum lesions on the pretibial region in addition to pain, swelling, and movement restriction in both ankles for the last one month. Thoracic CT demonstrated hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathy. She underwent mediastinoscopic lymph node biopsy; biopsy result was consistent with noncaseating ...