Diseases

Myositis

Inflammation of a muscle or muscle tissue.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Inflammation of a muscle or muscle tissue.

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Synonyms

28 entry terms
  • Inflammatory Muscle Diseases
  • Inflammatory Myopathy
  • Muscle Diseases, Inflammatory
  • Myopathy, Inflammatory
  • Inflammatory Muscle Disease
  • Inflammatory Myopathies
  • Muscle Disease, Inflammatory
  • Myopathies, Inflammatory
  • Myositides
  • Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
  • Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy
  • Idiopathic Inflammatory Myositis
  • Infectious Myositis
  • Inflammatory Myopathies, Idiopathic
  • Inflammatory Myopathy, Idiopathic
  • Myopathies, Idiopathic Inflammatory
  • Myositis, Focal
  • Myositis, Infectious
  • Myositis, Proliferative
  • Focal Myositides
  • Focal Myositis
  • Infectious Myositides
  • Myopathy, Idiopathic Inflammatory
  • Myositides, Focal
  • Myositides, Infectious
  • Myositides, Proliferative
  • Proliferative Myositides
  • Proliferative Myositis

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Aspects Covered

35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

note many specific myositis terms are available

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History Note

MYOSITIS, EOSINOPHILIC was heading 1970-1980

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Tree Numbers

  1. C05w.651w.594w
  2. C10w.668w.491w.562w

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NLM Classification

WE 550

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Myositis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009220. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009220
  2. Myositis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myositis
  3. Myositis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1433212