Steroid Myopathy

Preferred Label : Steroid Myopathy;

NCIt definition : A non-neoplastic disorder affecting the skeletal muscles. It is caused by damage to muscle fibers either by excessive intake of corticosteroids (steroid treatment) or high levels of endogenous corticosteroids due to hormonal abnormalities. Patients usually present with weakness mainly in the proximal muscles of the upper and lower extremities and the neck flexors.;

Details

Origin ID

C88134;

UMLS CUI

C0270994;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Steroid-induced myopathy (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- steroid-induced myopathy [SNOMED Notion]
Excludes anatomical site(s)
- Bone [NCIt concept]
Has associated anatomic sites
- Connective and Soft Tissue [NCIt concept]
- Musculoskeletal System [NCIt concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Myopathy steroid [MedDRA LLT]
- Myopathy steroid-induced [MedDRA LLT]
- Steroid myopathy [MedDRA LLT]
- Steroid-induced myopathy (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- myopathy steroid [TUV Concept]
- myopathy steroid [TUV Term]
- steroid-induced myopathy [SNOMED Notion]
disease_has_normal_tissue_origin
- Connective and Soft Tissue [NCIt concept]
- Soft Tissue [NCIt concept]

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