Korean J Clin Neurophysiol.  2015 Dec;17(2):95-97. 10.14253/kjcn.2015.17.2.95.

A Case of Eosinophilic Polymyositis in a Patient with IgA Nephropathy

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Neurology, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea. nrdoc@dku.edu

Abstract

No abstract available.

Keyword

Eosinophilic polymyositis; IgA nephropathy

MeSH Terms

Eosinophils*
Glomerulonephritis, IGA*
Humans
Immunoglobulin A*
Polymyositis*
Immunoglobulin A

Figure

  • Fig. 1. Muscle biopsy findings. Endomyseal spaces of the muscle fibers are infiltrated by many eosinophils (arrow) that are focally found within a necrotic myofiber. H&E stain, ×400.


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