Side effects can include tenderness and an inflammation of the muscles, called myositis.
myositis in American English
(ˌmaɪəˈsaɪtɪs)
noun
muscular inflammation, usually resulting in pain, soreness, etc.
Examples of 'myositis' in a sentence
myositis
A diagnosis of eosinophilic fasciitis with myositis was made.
Yuko Adachi, Yoko Mizutani, En Shu, Hiroyuki Kanoh, Tatsuhiko Miyazaki, Mariko Seishima 2015, 'Eosinophilic Fasciitis Associated with Myositis', Case Reports in Dermatologyhttp://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/381845. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Muscle biopsy was consistent with inflammatory myositis.
Ghada Al-Janobi, Hisham Alkhalidi, Mohammed A. Omair 2014, 'Unilateral Heliotrope Rash in Juvenile Dermatomyositis: An Unusual Presentation ofan Underlying Serious Disease', Case Reports in Rheumatologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/979856. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
As pericardiac effusion and exacerbation of skeletal myositis were evident, steroid pulse therapy was initiated.
Tsunehisa Nagamori, Yoichiro Yoshida, Hironori Takahashi, Hideharu Oka, Aya Kajihama,Koichi Nakau, Masaya Sugimoto, Masako Minami-Hori, Hiroshi Azuma 2017, 'A Marked Response to Immunosuppressive Intervention for Abruptly Occurring CardiacComplications in a Case of Juvenile Systemic Sclerosis Overlapped with Dermatomyositis',Case Reports in Pediatricshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1479012. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Panniculitis and myositis usually show simultaneous improvement during treatment.
Yuki Hattori, Kanako Matsuyama, Tomoko Takahashi, En Shu, Hiroyuki Kanoh, Mariko Seishima 2018, 'Anti-MDA5 Antibody-Positive Dermatomyositis Presenting with Cellulitis-Like Erythemaon the Mandible as an Initial Symptom', Case Reports in Dermatologyhttps://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/488077. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Orbital myositis implies orbital inflammation confined to one or more of the extraocular muscles.
PANFILIO CLÁUDIA B., HERNÁNDEZ-COSSIO OTTO, HERNÁNDEZ-FUSTES OTTO J. 2000, 'Orbital myositis and rheumatoid arthritis: case report', Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatriahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2000000100027. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
After further work-up, we diagnosed the first patient with specific orbital myositis from sarcoidosis.
Neeraja Boddu, Maliha Jumani, Vibhor Wadhwa, Gitanjali Bajaj, Fred Faas 2017, 'Not All Orbitopathy Is Graves': Discussion of Cases and Review of Literature', Frontiers in Endocrinologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2017.00184/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A workup to rule out other causes of myositis was negative.
Alexandra Perel-Winkler, Regina Belokovskaya, Isabelle Amigues, Melissa Larusso, NaziaHussain 2015, 'A Case of Docetaxel Induced Myositis and Review of the Literature', Case Reports in Rheumatologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/795242. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Recently, myositis specific autoantibodies were described in cancer-associated myositis.
B. Palterer, G. Vitiello, D. Cammelli 2017, 'First report of anti-TIF1γ dermatomyositis in a patient with myelodysplastic syndrome',Reumatismohttp://www.reumatismo.org/index.php/reuma/article/view/923. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Muscle biopsy revealed severe muscle necrosis and myositis.
Raquel Farias Moeller, Nassim Zecavati, Rosa Sherafat-Kazemzadeh, Shoshana Aleinikoff,Wolfgang Rennert 2011, 'Adolescent with Rhabdomyolysis due to Undiagnosed Hypothyroidism', Case Reports in Pediatricshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/670673. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)