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Myalgias: Excerpt from A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis

Fibrositis
Connective tissue disease
   Polymyalgia rheumatica
   Rheumatoid arthritis
   Polymyositis, dermatomyositis
   Lupus erythematosus
   Polyarteritis nodosa
   Scleroderma
Systemic infection, especially
   Viral illness
       Influenza
       Coxsackievirus infection
       Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
       Dengue fever
       Arbovirus infection
       Hepatitis
       Rabies
       Poliomyelitis
   Rheumatic fever
   Salmonellosis
   Tularemia
   Brucellosis
   Glanders
   Trichinosis
   Leptospirosis
   Typhoid fever
Campylobacter

   Malaria
Rhabdomyolysis
Drugs (e.g., amphotericin B, clofibrate, carbenoxolone, chloroquine, cimetidine, glucocorticoids, zidovudine, oral contraceptives)
Hypothyroidism
Hyperparathyroidism
Hypoglycemic myopathy
Congenital enzyme deficiency [e.g., phosphorylase, (McArdle's disease), phosphofructokinase]
Polyneuropathy (e.g., Guillain-Barré disease)
Ischemic atherosclerotic disease (i.e., intermittent claudication)

Reference

1. Fauci, pp. 120, 429, 1136, 1844. See Bibliography, 1.

Book Source Details

• Book Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
• Author(s): Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
• Year of Publication: 1999
• Copyright Details: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis, Copyright © 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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