Dermatomyositis

A type of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy characterized by evocative skin lesions and symmetrical proximal muscle weakness.

Mononeuropathy

A focal lesion of a single peripheral nerve. Damage to a sensory nerve is accompanied by sensory impairment of all modalities in the affected anatomic distribution.


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PMID (PMCID)
9120485
MIXED_SAMPLE Middle Aged
Inflammatory neuromuscular disorders associated with chronic lymphoid leukemia: evidence for clonal B cells within muscle and nerve.
Creange A, Theodorou I, Sabourin JC, Vital C, Farcet JP, Gheradi RK.
J Neurol Sci. 1996;137(1):35-41.
One patient had massive neoplastic infiltration of muscle, and six presented with inflammatory-like NMDs (dermatomyositis: 2, polymyositis: 1, vasculitic mononeuropathy: 2; inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy: 1).