An atorvastatin‐induced positive anti‐HMGCR immune‐mediated necrotizing myopathy case

Abstract

Key Clinical Message Statins can commonly cause myopathy. Most of the time, stopping the culprit drug should solve the problem. However, if the drug has been discontinued but muscle weakness continues to worsen, immune‐mediated myopathy should be taken into consideration.

Keywords

• anti‐HMGCR
• atorvastatin
• autoimmune
• inflammatory myositis
• statin