A unique case of hemi-tongue pseudohypertrophy, necrotizing myopathy, and erythema nodosum

• Main Authors: Kota Sato (Author), Yoshiaki Takahashi (Author), Toru Yamashita (Author), Mami Takemoto (Author), Nozomi Hishikawa (Author), Shang Jinwei (Author), Yasuyuki Ohta (Author), Koji Abe (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A 46-year-old woman developed slowly progressive tongue weakness with a pseudohypertrophic change on the right side of her tongue. She subsequently developed weakness in her proximal lower extremities, skin erythema and a sustained increase of muscle enzymes at 11 M after the onset. A biopsy of the...