inflammatory myopathy with abundant macrophages
Findings
No curated finding names inflammatory myopathy with abundant macrophages yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Inflammatory myopathy with abundant macrophages is a rare inflammatory myopathy characterized by diffuse destructive infiltration of CD68+ macrophages into the fascia rather than muscle fibers in muscle biopsies, proximal muscle weakness and myalgia with or without scaly dermatomyositis-like or atypical non-dermatomyositis-like skin lesions, elevation of creatine kinase levels and thickening of muscle fascia in muscle MRI.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0016609), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
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Resolves to: inflammatory myopathy with abundant macrophages
- Also called
- IMAM