Focal, steroid responsive myositis causing dropped head syndrome

Iftah Biran; Oren Cohen; Judith Diment; Amos Peyser; Roy Bahnof; Israel Steiner

doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199906)22:6<769::AID-MUS15>3.0.CO;2-D

Focal, steroid responsive myositis causing dropped head syndrome

Iftah Biran^*, Oren Cohen, Judith Diment, Amos Peyser, Roy Bahnof, Israel Steiner

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Hadassah University Medical Centre

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Abstract

The dropped head syndrome, which occurs in a variety of neuromuscular disorders, is usually not due to an inflammatory process and generally either self-limited or nonresponsive to therapy. We present an 80-year-old woman who developed progressive neck weakness over a few months due to a focal and restricted inflammatory process involving the neck extensor muscles. She responded dramatically to treatment with immunosuppressive therapy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	769-771
Number of pages	3
Journal	Muscle and Nerve
Volume	22
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199906)22:6<769::AID-MUS15>3.0.CO;2-D
State	Published - Jun 1999
Externally published	Yes

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Dropped head syndrome
Focal myositis
Myositis

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