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A female, 62 years of age, was hospitalized with respiratory failure, mental status changes, and profound muscle weakness. She had been treated recently with methotrexate and steroids for pseudo-tumor cerebri and sero-negative arthritis. A CT scan of the head revealed multiple small enhancing lesion...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical medicine & research 2005-05, Vol.3 (2), p.109-109
Hauptverfasser: Cold, C. J., Sell, T. L., Reed, K. D.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A female, 62 years of age, was hospitalized with respiratory failure, mental status changes, and profound muscle weakness. She had been treated recently with methotrexate and steroids for pseudo-tumor cerebri and sero-negative arthritis. A CT scan of the head revealed multiple small enhancing lesions. The photos shown here include a hematoxylin and eosin stained section and transmission electron microscopy of the patient’s muscle biopsy.
ISSN:1539-4182
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DOI:10.3121/cmr.3.2.109