Summary: the jaw becomes severely restricted with weight loss and jaw pain also being common Diagnostic blood tests are usually normal so a muscle biopsy is needed to diagnose what is occurring Atrophic Myositis TREATMENT OF ATROPHIC MYOSITIS As for the other types of myositis prednisolone is the drug of choice for treatment As the jaw may be functionally fused in the shut
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