Sporadic inclusion body myositis presenting with severe camptocormia.

摘要: Sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM) is a slowly progressive idiopathic inflammatory myopathy. The characteristic early quadriceps and finger flexor muscle weakness often leads to the diagnosis of sIBM, especially when all canonical pathological features sIBM are not present on biopsy. Weakness paraspinal muscles, resulting in head drop and/or camptocormia, rare clinical finding along course even more as presenting feature. We describe two patients with manifesting camptocormia sole manifestation for several years prior by This observation emphasizes role etiology need consider this common myopathy cause weakness, despite lack classic after onset weakness.