In inflammatory myopathies, dropped head/bent spine syndrome is associated with scleromyositis : an international case-control study

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BACKGROUND: Some myopathies can lead to dropped head or bent spine syndrome (DH/BS). The significance of this symptom has not been studied in inflammatory myopathies (IM).

OBJECTIVES: To assess the significance of DH/BS in patients with IM.

METHODS: Practitioners from five IM networks were invited to report patients with IM suffering from DH/BS (without other known cause than IM). IM patients without DH/BS, randomly selected in each participating centre, were included as controls at a ratio of 2 to 1.

RESULTS: 49 DH/BS-IM patients (DH: 57.1%, BS: 42.9%) were compared with 98 control-IM patients. DH/BS-IM patients were older (65 years vs 53 years, p<0.0001) and the diagnosis of IM was delayed (6 months vs 3 months, p=0.009). Weakness prevailing in the upper limbs (42.9% vs 15.3%), dysphagia (57.1% vs 25.5%), muscle atrophy (65.3% vs 34.7%), weight loss (61.2% vs 23.5%) and loss of the ability to walk (24.5% vs 5.1%) were hallmarks of DH/BS-IM (p≤0.0005), for which the patients more frequently received intravenous immunoglobulins (65.3% vs 34.7%, p=0.0004). Moreover, DH/BS-IM patients frequently featured signs and/or complications of systemic sclerosis (SSc), fulfilling the American College of Rheumatology/European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology criteria for this disease in 40.8% of the cases (vs 5.1%, p<0.0001). Distribution of the myopathy, its severity and its association with SSc were independently associated with DH/BS (p<0.05). Mortality was higher in the DH/BS-IM patients and loss of walking ability was independently associated with survival (p<0.05).

CONCLUSION: In IM patients, DH/BS is a marker of severity and is associated with SSc (scleromyositis).

Errataetall:

ErratumIn: RMD Open. 2023 Sep;9(3):. - PMID 37709529

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

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RMD open - 9(2023), 3 vom: 04. Sept.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pijnenburg, Luc [VerfasserIn]
Giannini, Margherita [VerfasserIn]
Bouchard-Marmen, Maude [VerfasserIn]
Arnaud, Laurent [VerfasserIn]
Barsotti, Simone [VerfasserIn]
Bellando-Randone, Silvia [VerfasserIn]
Bernardi, Livio [VerfasserIn]
Bini, Paola [VerfasserIn]
Blagojevic, Jelena [VerfasserIn]
Codullo, Veronica [VerfasserIn]
Couderc, Marion [VerfasserIn]
De Moreuil, Claire [VerfasserIn]
Dernis, Emanuelle [VerfasserIn]
Diamanti, Luca [VerfasserIn]
Dubost, Jean Jacques [VerfasserIn]
Duval, Fanny [VerfasserIn]
Emmi, Giacomo [VerfasserIn]
Galempoix, Jean-Marc [VerfasserIn]
Geny, Bernard [VerfasserIn]
Gottenberg, Jacques-Eric [VerfasserIn]
Groza, Monica [VerfasserIn]
Guffroy, Aurelien [VerfasserIn]
Guichard, Isabelle [VerfasserIn]
Guilpain, Philippe [VerfasserIn]
Hervier, Baptiste [VerfasserIn]
Hudson, Marie [VerfasserIn]
Iaccarino, Luca [VerfasserIn]
Iannone, Florenzo [VerfasserIn]
Lebrun, Delphine [VerfasserIn]
Marchioni, Enrico [VerfasserIn]
Mariampillai, Kuberaka [VerfasserIn]
Maurier, Francois [VerfasserIn]
Mosca, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Nadaj-Pakleza, Aleksandra [VerfasserIn]
Nannini, Carlotta [VerfasserIn]
Piot, Jean-Maxime [VerfasserIn]
Prieto-González, Sergio [VerfasserIn]
Poursac, Nicolas [VerfasserIn]
Rouanet, Eglantine [VerfasserIn]
Sellam, Jérémie [VerfasserIn]
Selva-O'Callaghan, Albert [VerfasserIn]
Séverac, François [VerfasserIn]
Sibilia, Jean [VerfasserIn]
Sole, Guilhem [VerfasserIn]
Soulages, Antoine [VerfasserIn]
Terrier, Benjamin [VerfasserIn]
Tournadre, Anne [VerfasserIn]
Troyanov, Yves [VerfasserIn]
Vernier, Nathalie [VerfasserIn]
Vesperini, Veronique [VerfasserIn]
Viallard, Jean-François [VerfasserIn]
Ziane, Rahima [VerfasserIn]
Cavagna, Lorenzo [VerfasserIn]
Meyer, Alain [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Dermatomyositis
Journal Article
Polymyositis
Systemic sclerosis

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Date Completed 06.09.2023

Date Revised 14.09.2023

published: Print

ErratumIn: RMD Open. 2023 Sep;9(3):. - PMID 37709529

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/rmdopen-2023-003081

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NLM361643500