Meeting
Abstract Number: 732
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: Statins are commonly prescribed medications that reduce cardiovascular disease. Their side effect profile consists of muscle-related adverse effects that are classified into toxic or autoimmune forms. We present a case of statin-induced necrotizing autoimmune myopathy (SINAM), a recently characterized entity within this spectrum of statin myotoxicity. While rare, it is important to recognize […]