TY - JOUR
T1 - Wild-type Transthyretin Amyloid Myopathy with an Inclusion Body Myositis Phenotype
AU - Huser, Sara
AU - Loavenbruck, Adam
AU - Manousakis, Georgios
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/9/1
Y1 - 2020/9/1
N2 - Senile systemic amyloidosis (SSA), or wild-type transthyretin (wtATTR) amyloidosis, is associated most commonly with cardiomyopathy and carpal tunnel syndrome. SSA-associated skeletal myopathy is rare. We describe the case of a patient with SSA who exhibited asymmetric quadriceps and finger flexor weakness, a phenotype usually seen in inclusion body myositis.
AB - Senile systemic amyloidosis (SSA), or wild-type transthyretin (wtATTR) amyloidosis, is associated most commonly with cardiomyopathy and carpal tunnel syndrome. SSA-associated skeletal myopathy is rare. We describe the case of a patient with SSA who exhibited asymmetric quadriceps and finger flexor weakness, a phenotype usually seen in inclusion body myositis.
KW - inclusion body myositis
KW - myopathy
KW - senile systemic amyloidosis
KW - wild-type transthyretin
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U2 - 10.1097/CND.0000000000000288
DO - 10.1097/CND.0000000000000288
M3 - Article
C2 - 32833725
AN - SCOPUS:85089926233
SN - 1522-0443
VL - 22
SP - 53
EP - 57
JO - Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease
JF - Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease
IS - 1
ER -