Difference between revisions of "Neuromuscular pathology"

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***Same protein that that in implicated in [[ALS]] and [[frontotemporal dementia]].
***Same protein that that in implicated in [[ALS]] and [[frontotemporal dementia]].


==Inflammatory myopathy==
=List of common conditions=
DDx:
#[[Polymyositis]].
#*Disease of adults.
#[[Inclusion body myositis]] (IBM).
#[[Dermatomyositis]].
#*May be associated with malignancy.
 
===Partial invasion of muscle fibres===
DDx:<ref name=inflam_wustledu>URL: [http://neuromuscular.wustl.edu/pathol/inflammation.htm#cellinv http://neuromuscular.wustl.edu/pathol/inflammation.htm#cellinv]. Accessed on: 3 November 2010.</ref>
*Polymyositis.
*IBM.
 
Images:
*[http://neuromuscular.wustl.edu/pathol/inflammation.htm#cellinv Partial invasion of muscle fibres (wustl.edu)].<ref name=inflam_wustledu>URL: [http://neuromuscular.wustl.edu/pathol/inflammation.htm#cellinv http://neuromuscular.wustl.edu/pathol/inflammation.htm#cellinv]. Accessed on: 3 November 2010.</ref>
 
==DDx==
Neurogenic:
Neurogenic:
*Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
*[[Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis]].
*Spinal muscular atrophy.  
*Spinal muscular atrophy.  
*Trauma.
*Trauma.
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Myopathic:
Myopathic:
*Inflammatory:
*Inflammatory:
*#Polymyositis.
*#[[Polymyositis]].
*#Inclusion body myositis.
*#[[Inclusion body myositis]].
*#Dermatomyositis.
*#[[Dermatomyositis]].
*Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
*Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
*Becker muscular dystrophy.
*Becker muscular dystrophy.
*Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy.
*[[Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy]].
*Myotonic dystrophy.
*[[Myotonic dystrophy]].
*Metabolic - glycogen storage disease.
*Metabolic - [[glycogen storage disease]].


Other:
Other:
*Myasthenia gravis.
*Myasthenia gravis.
*Mitochondrial myopathy.
*[[Mitochondrial myopathy]].
*Congenital fibre type disproportion.
*Congenital fibre type disproportion.
*Periodic paralysis.
*Periodic paralysis.


=Groups of disorders=
=Groups of disorders=
==Inflammatory myopathy==
DDx:
#[[Polymyositis]].
#*Disease of adults.
#[[Inclusion body myositis]] (IBM).
#[[Dermatomyositis]].
#*May be associated with malignancy.
===Partial invasion of muscle fibres===
DDx:<ref name=inflam_wustledu>URL: [http://neuromuscular.wustl.edu/pathol/inflammation.htm#cellinv http://neuromuscular.wustl.edu/pathol/inflammation.htm#cellinv]. Accessed on: 3 November 2010.</ref>
*Polymyositis.
*IBM.
Images:
*[http://neuromuscular.wustl.edu/pathol/inflammation.htm#cellinv Partial invasion of muscle fibres (wustl.edu)].<ref name=inflam_wustledu>URL: [http://neuromuscular.wustl.edu/pathol/inflammation.htm#cellinv http://neuromuscular.wustl.edu/pathol/inflammation.htm#cellinv]. Accessed on: 3 November 2010.</ref>
==Muscular dystrophy==
==Muscular dystrophy==
===General===
===General===