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===Idiopathic myositis===
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===[[Idiopathic Myositis]]===
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====Canine polymyositis====
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====[[Canine Polymyositis]]====
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*DOES NOT include [[Masticatory Muscle Myositis]]
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*Rare
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*Clinical signs:
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**Muscle pain
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**Fever
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**Weakness, particularly in hind limbs
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*Grossly:
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**Inflammation is accompanied by muscle necrosis and regeneration
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*Histologically:
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**Inflammatory foci with lymphocytes, plasma cells and occasionally eosinophils
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*Possibly immunological cause
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*Single biopsy may not be enough to make the diagnosis as it tends to be multifocal and disseminated
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*Lesions similar to some infectious causes (such as ''[[Toxoplasma gondii]]'')
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[[Category:Muscles - Inflammatory Pathology]]
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[[Category:Muscles - Inflammatory Pathology]]
[[Category:Musculoskeletal System - Pathology]]
 
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