Successful treatment of severe muscle necrosis with intravenous immunoglobulin

J Rheumatol. 1999 Jun;26(6):1411-3.

Abstract

Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) is an effective treatment for a range of conditions believed to have an autoimmune basis, including inflammatory muscle disease. We describe a patient with muscle disease characterized by severe necrosis without clinical or biopsy evidence of inflammation or vasculitis, who responded to treatment with IVIG.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Creatine Kinase / blood
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / therapeutic use*
  • Middle Aged
  • Muscle, Skeletal / pathology*
  • Necrosis
  • Polymyositis / blood
  • Polymyositis / drug therapy*
  • Polymyositis / pathology*

Substances

  • Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
  • Creatine Kinase