ANTI-SRP MYOPATHY - THE FIRST CASES IN VIETNAM

Phan Hoàng Phương Khanh, Phan Đặng Anh Thư, Nguyễn Hữu Công

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Anti-SRP myopathy is the subtype of immune mediated necrotizing myopathy which is associated with anti-signal recognition particle (SRP) antibody. This disease has never been mentioned in the medical reports in Vietnam. In this paper, the clinical, laboratory and therapeutic characteristics of three cases with anti-SRP myopathy are described. All the cases had typical clinical features and serum positive for anti-SRP antibody. Two cases had appropriate histopathological changes and the other had atypical changes. One patient responded well to Rituximab, one had a limited response to two combined immunosuppressants, and the third did not respond to rituximab and had poor tolerance to immunosuppressants. The important role of antibody testing for diagnosis and the problems with treatment for this very newly known anti-SRP myopathy in Vietnam should be emphasized.

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Nguyễn Hữu Công,

Anti-SRP myopathy is the subtype of immune mediated necrotizing myopathy which is associated with anti-signal recognition particle (SRP) antibody. This disease has never been mentioned in the medical reports in Vietnam. In this paper, the clinical, laboratory and therapeutic characteristics of three cases with anti-SRP myopathy are described. All the cases had typical clinical features and serum positive for anti-SRP antibody. Two cases had appropriate histopathological changes and the other had atypical changes. One patient responded well to Rituximab, one had a limited response to two combined immunosuppressants, and the third did not respond to rituximab and had poor tolerance to immunosuppressants. The important role of antibody testing for diagnosis and the problems with treatment for this very newly known anti-SRP myopathy in Vietnam should be emphasized.

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