Corticosteroid-Induced Myopathy Differential Diagnoses

Updated: Jun 12, 2023
  • Author: Patrick M Foye, MD; Chief Editor: Stephen Kishner, MD, MHA  more...
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DDx

Diagnostic Considerations

Myopathies

Inflammatory myopathies (eg, polymyositis/dermatomyositis)

Muscular dystrophies

Drug/toxin–induced myopathies

Neuropathies

Diabetic amyotrophy

Motor neuron disease

Critical illness neuropathy

Neuromuscular junction disease

Eaton-Lambert syndrome

Differential Diagnoses