[Muscular involvement in rheumatic pelvispondylitis]

Abstract

The authors explored a group of patients suffering from rheumatic pelvispondylitis from the point of view of muscular lesions: clinical muscular examination, anatomo-pathological investigation of the muscle (optical microscopy, histochemistry), electromyographic investigation, and determination of certain serum and muscle enzymes. Some muscular anomalies were observed, which were predominant in the muscles of the lumbar grooves, although there were some lesions of the quadriceps muscle, with a myogenous appearance, but without inflammation. The clearest anomalies were neurogenic and were present particularly in the muscles of the lumbar grooves.