A case of inclusion body myositis with benign monoclonal gammopathy successfully responding to repeated immunoabsorption

T Nakayama; E Horiuchi; T Watanabe; S Murayama; H Nakase

doi:10.1136/jnnp.68.2.230

A case of inclusion body myositis with benign monoclonal gammopathy successfully responding to repeated immunoabsorption

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2000 Feb;68(2):230-3. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.68.2.230.

Authors

T Nakayama¹, E Horiuchi, T Watanabe, S Murayama, H Nakase

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, Toranomon Hospital, 2-2-2, Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8470, Japan.

Abstract

A 69 year old woman with inclusion body myositis is described. She presented with benign monoclonal gammopathy. She was resistant to steroid therapy, but responded to repeated immunoabsorption. Up to now, there has been no established therapy for inclusion body myositis, including IVIg. It is suggested that immunoabsorption could be an alternative therapy for inclusion body myositis, when it was accompanied by immunological abnormality.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Female
Humans
Immunosorbent Techniques*
Immunotherapy / methods
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance / complications*
Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance / pathology
Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance / therapy*
Muscle, Skeletal / pathology
Myositis, Inclusion Body / complications*
Myositis, Inclusion Body / pathology
Myositis, Inclusion Body / therapy*