Perimyositis

Perimyositis
Perimyositis
Specialty	Rheumatology

Last updated July 19, 2025

Perimyositis is inflammation of the connective tissue around a muscle.^[1]

References

↑ Serratrice, G.; Pellissier, J. F.; Roux, H.; Quilichini, P. (May 1990). "Fasciitis, perimyositis, myositis, polymyositis, and eosinophilia". Muscle & Nerve. 13 (5): 385–395. doi:10.1002/mus.880130505. ISSN 0148-639X. PMID 2189069. S2CID 37302966.

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[1] Serratrice, G.; Pellissier, J. F.; Roux, H.; Quilichini, P. (May 1990). "Fasciitis, perimyositis, myositis, polymyositis, and eosinophilia". Muscle & Nerve. 13 (5): 385–395. doi:10.1002/mus.880130505. ISSN 0148-639X. PMID 2189069. S2CID 37302966.

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v t e Symptoms and conditions relating to muscle
Pain	Myalgia Fibromyalgia Acute Delayed onset
Inflammation	Myositis Pyomyositis Myoedema (Hypothyroid myopathy)
Destruction	Muscle weakness Rhabdomyolysis Muscle atrophy/Amyotrophy
Low ATP reservoir	Muscle fatigue Exercise intolerance Myogenic hyperuricemia Dynamic symptoms (exercise-induced) Inappropriate rapid heart rate response to exercise (tachycardia) Exaggerated cardiorespiratory response to exercise (tachycardia with tachypnea and/or hyperpnea (exercise hyperventilation)) Hitting the wall Second wind (Metabolic myopathies Diabetes Hypothyroid myopathy Hyperthyroid myopathy Hypoparathyroidism Hypokalemia Hypoxic muscle Pseudohypoxia Intermittent claudication Scurvy Fasting / Starvation Alcoholism)
Abnormal movement	Muscle cramp Myokymia Muscle spasm Fasciculations Muscle contracture Fibrosis Adhesion Myotonia Muscle channelopathies Pseudo-myotonia (Brody myopathy) Spasticity Rippling muscle disease Periodic paralysis Hypotonia / Hypertonia
Other	Myositis ossificans Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva Compartment syndrome Anterior Diastasis of muscle Diastasis recti Pseudoathletic appearance (Muscle hyperplasia / Muscle hypertrophy / Pseudohypertrophy)

Perimyositis

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