TY - JOUR
T1 - HLA typing in focal myositis
AU - Sekiguchi, Kenji
AU - Kanda, Fumio
AU - Oishi, Kenichi
AU - Hamaguchi, Hirotoshi
AU - Nakazawa, Kenichiro
AU - Maeda, Nobuya
AU - Ishihara, Hiroyuki
AU - Chihara, Kazuo
PY - 2004/12/15
Y1 - 2004/12/15
N2 - It is still controversial if idiopathic focal myositis is a part of systemic polymyositis. We present here four patients, including identical twins, with focal myositis accompanied by the same HLA typings. Gradually developing unilateral calf muscle pain was an initial symptom in all patients. Neither muscular weakness nor creatine kinase (CK) elevation was observed, while minimal inflammatory findings such as erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) increase appeared in serum. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed localized abnormalities of calf muscles. Biopsy specimen was characterized by perimysial and endomysial inflammatory infiltration consisted of T cells and macrophages and rare necrotic fibers. Corticosteroid administrations ameliorated their symptoms and signs, though recurrence occurred along with decreasing doses. HLA typings common to all patients were A2, B62, Cw3, and DQ3, whereas HLA-D DNA typings were DQB1*0303 for two patients, and DQB1*0302 for three patients. These findings suggest that at least some focal myositis may be a new disease unit, with a common genetic background but not a part of systemic polymyositis.
AB - It is still controversial if idiopathic focal myositis is a part of systemic polymyositis. We present here four patients, including identical twins, with focal myositis accompanied by the same HLA typings. Gradually developing unilateral calf muscle pain was an initial symptom in all patients. Neither muscular weakness nor creatine kinase (CK) elevation was observed, while minimal inflammatory findings such as erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) increase appeared in serum. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed localized abnormalities of calf muscles. Biopsy specimen was characterized by perimysial and endomysial inflammatory infiltration consisted of T cells and macrophages and rare necrotic fibers. Corticosteroid administrations ameliorated their symptoms and signs, though recurrence occurred along with decreasing doses. HLA typings common to all patients were A2, B62, Cw3, and DQ3, whereas HLA-D DNA typings were DQB1*0303 for two patients, and DQB1*0302 for three patients. These findings suggest that at least some focal myositis may be a new disease unit, with a common genetic background but not a part of systemic polymyositis.
KW - Corticosteroid
KW - Focal myositis
KW - HLA
KW - Inflammatory myopathy
KW - Localized nodular myositis
KW - Polymyositis
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jns.2004.07.020
DO - 10.1016/j.jns.2004.07.020
M3 - Article
C2 - 15546587
AN - SCOPUS:8544223539
SN - 0022-510X
VL - 227
SP - 21
EP - 25
JO - Journal of the Neurological Sciences
JF - Journal of the Neurological Sciences
IS - 1
ER -