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Focal, steroid responsive myositis causing dropped head syndrome
Author(s) -
Biran Iftah,
Cohen Oren,
Diment Judith,
Peyser Amos,
Bahnof Roy,
Steiner Israel
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
muscle and nerve
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1097-4598
pISSN - 0148-639X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4598(199906)22:6<769::aid-mus15>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - myositis , medicine , head (geology) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , anatomy , surgery , biology , paleontology
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. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Muscle Nerve 22: 769–771, 1999.