Asymptomatic hyper-creatine-kinase-emia as sole manifestation of inclusion body myositis

• Hauptverfasser: Josef Finsterer (Verfasst von), Claudia Stöllberger (Verfasst von), Gabor G. Kovacs (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: MDPI AG, 2013-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM) usually manifests with painless weakness of the hand, finger and hip flexors. Absence of symptoms or signs, but mild hyper-CK-emia as the sole manifestation of IBM, has not been reported. We report the case of a 73-year-old male who presented with asymptomatic...