Myopathy with anti-HMGCR antibodies: Perimysium and myofiber pathology. 2015

Ali Alshehri, and Rati Choksi, and Robert Bucelli, and Alan Pestronk
Department of Neurology (A.A., R.C., R.B., A.P.) and Department of Pathology and Immunology (A.P.), Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO.

OBJECTIVE To analyze clinical features and myopathology changes in muscle fibers, connective tissue, and vessels in 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase (HMGCR) antibody-associated myopathies. METHODS Retrospective review of records and myopathologic features of 49 consecutive patients with myopathies and serum HMGCR antibodies. RESULTS Clinical features included onset age from 12 to 83 years, female predominance (67%), proximal, symmetric weakness (84%), muscle discomfort (78%), dysphagia (35%), systemic features, including skin rash and interstitial lung disease (37%), statin use (38%), and a high serum creatine kinase (83%). Myopathology included muscle fiber necrosis or regeneration (66%), myonuclear pathology (43%), perimysial connective tissue damage (61%), and lymphocytic foci (27%). CONCLUSIONS Patients with HMGCR antibody-associated myopathies present with weakness and muscle discomfort and often have damage to both perimysial connective tissue and muscle fibers, with necrosis and myonuclear pathology. Only a minority of patients with HMGCR antibody-associated myopathies have a history of statin exposure.

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