Introduction: Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome (DDMS), or cerebral hemiatrophy, was first described in 1933. It is characterised by cerebral injury that causes hypoplasia in one of the cerebral hemispheres. The disease has different clinical degrees and two aetiologies: congenital and acquired.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSubacute symmetrical proximal muscle weakness and persistent elevated creatine kinase levels are typical of immune-mediated necrotising myopathy (IMNM). These conditions are accompanied by copious myofibre necrosis, degeneration and regeneration with minimal to no inflammation on muscle biopsy. We report two cases (case 1 and case 2) of asymptomatic IMNM from different families with hyperCKaemia associated with positive anti-signal recognition particle (SRP) and anti-3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase (HMGCR) antibodies, respectively, and we also reviewed the literature.
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