Abstract
Isabel Serrano García1, Alba Pérez Linaza1, Carolina España2*, Fermín Medina Varo1 and Aurelio Arnedillo2 Author Affiliations 1U.G.C. Rheumatology Service of Orthopedic Surgery, Traumatology and Rheumatology, Puerta del Mar University Hospital, Spain 2Department of Pneumology, Allergy and Thoracic Surgery U.G.C, Puerta del Mar University Hospital, Spain Received: October 12, 2020 | Published: October 23, 2020 Corresponding author: Carolina España Domínguez, Department of Pneumology, Allergy and Thoracic Surgery U.G.C., Puerta del Mar University Hospital, Goya Street nº11, 8ºD, 11010, Cádiz, Spain DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2020.31.005093
Highlights
Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are a group of heterogeneous processes in which there is muscle weakness and inflammation
There was an elevation of muscle enzymes: creatinine kinase (CK): 845 U/L, Aldolase: 56,3 U/L; with normal acute phase reactants
Prior to the last administration of cyclophosphamide, the patient worsened clinical and analytically, showing the new high resolution CT (HRCT) scan findings of interstitial pneumonia with a pattern of usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) that has worsened compared to the previous study, with possible progression to fibrosis (Figure 1B)
Summary
Isabel Serrano García, Alba Pérez Linaza, Carolina España2*, Fermín Medina Varo and Aurelio Arnedillo. 1U.G.C. Rheumatology Service of Orthopedic Surgery, Traumatology and Rheumatology, Puerta del Mar University Hospital, Spain. Corresponding author: Carolina España Domínguez, Department of Pneumology, Allergy and Thoracic Surgery U.G.C., Puerta del Mar University Hospital, Goya Street no11, 8oD, 11010, Cádiz, Spain
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