A surprising case of inclusion body myositis with positive endomysial C5b-9 staining

Muscle Nerve. 2016 Jun;53(6):991-2. doi: 10.1002/mus.25013. Epub 2016 May 9.

Authors

Stephanie Buchman¹, Sankar Bandyopadhyay², Jennifer Baccon³, Matthew Wicklund²

Affiliations

¹ College of Medicine, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
² Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Department of Neurology, EC037 30 Hope Drive, P.O. Box 859, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
³ Department of Pathology and Neurosurgery, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.

PMID: 26659413
DOI: 10.1002/mus.25013

No abstract available

Keywords: C5b-9 staining; endomysial staining; inclusion body myositis; inflammatory myositis; membrane attack complex.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Complement Membrane Attack Complex / metabolism
Humans
Male
Muscle Fibers, Skeletal / pathology*
Muscle, Skeletal / pathology*
Myositis, Inclusion Body / diagnosis
Myositis, Inclusion Body / pathology*
Staining and Labeling

Substances

Complement Membrane Attack Complex