Abstract
A female, 62 years of age, was hospitalized with respiratory failure, mental status changes, and profound muscle weakness. She had been treated recently with methotrexate and steroids for pseudo-tumor cerebri and sero-negative arthritis. A CT scan of the head revealed multiple small enhancing lesions. The photos shown here include a hematoxylin and eosin stained section and transmission electron microscopy of the patient’s muscle biopsy.
- Biopsy
- Muscles
- Pseudotumor cerebri
- Arthritis
- Muscle weakness
- Respiratory insufficiency
- X-ray computed tomography
- Transmission electron microscopy
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