http://www.orthopaedicweblinks.com Internet resources relating to Inclusion Body Myositis. Progressive myopathies characterized by the presence of inclusion bodies on muscle biopsy. Sporadic and hereditary forms have been described. The sporadic form is an acquired, adult-onset inflammatory vacuolar myopathy affecting proximal and distal muscles. Familial forms usually begin in childhood and lack inflammatory changes. <br>MeSH Search Term "Myositis, Inclusion Body"[mesh] <br>ICD-10 Code M60.8 Other myositis <br>SNOMED-CT Term Inclusion body myositis (disorder) Concept ID: 72315009 <br>Synonyms - en-us Sun Dec 03 2017 07:00:58 GMT Copyright 2005 OWL Inc. orthopaedicweblinks@gmail.com (Christian Veillette) orthopaedicweblinks@gmail.com (OWL Inc.) http://www.orthopaedicweblinks.com/Detailed/3521.html common form of inflamatory myopathy <br>* most common in the elderly <br>* equal sex incidence <br>* sporadic idiopathic disease (very rarely familial) <br>* misdiagnosed as steroid-resistant polymyositis <br>symptoms <br>* presents as a painless slowly progressive proximal myopathy <br>* may cause dysphagia <br>* mild to moderate muscle wasting 2002-01-31 07:00:58 GMT http://www.orthopaedicweblinks.com/cgi-bin/owl/jump.cgi?ID=3521 James Lowe, DM BM BS MRCPath