What features help distinguish thyroid myopathy from immune checkpoint inhibitor-associated myopathy?
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Rheumatology · Yale School of Medicine
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) can cause myositis (ICI-myositis). Since ICIs can also induce hypothyroidism, myopathy secondary from hypothyroidism can also be associated with ICI therapy. Different from thyroid myopathy, patients with ICI-myositis barely have myoedema or muscle pseudohypertrop...