raremaprare-disease reference indexOrphadata 2026-06-23 · HPO 2026-09-01
ORPHA:207000

Fungal myositis

Type
Disease
Group
Disorder
Age of onset
All ages
Status
active

A rare acquired skeletal muscle disease characterized by inflammation of a muscle due to infection with a fungus, usually occurring in an immunocompromised host. General symptoms are pain, tenderness, swelling, and/or weakness in the affected muscle. Most common causative agent are <i>Candida</i> species, with myositis developing in the setting of systemic candidiasis, typically as diffuse, multiple microabscesses. Other fungal pathogens potentially causing myositis are <i>Cryptococcus neoformans</i>, <i>Histoplasma capsulatum</i>, <i>Coccidioides</i> species, or <i>Aspergillus</i> species, among others.

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Names in Orphadata languages

12 of 12 languages
LangNameSynonyms
enFungal myositis
frMyosite fongique
deMyositis bei Pilzerkrankungen
esMiositis fúngica
itMiosite fungina
nlFungale myositis
ptMiosite fúngica
plGrzybicze zapalenie mięśni
csMykotická myozitida
ukГрибковий міозит
zh真菌性肌炎
trMantar miyoziti

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Cross-references

qualifier = Orphanet mapping relation
SourceCodeQualifierICD relationValidation
ICD-10M60.0NTBTattributedvalidated
ICD-11FB30NTBTindexvalidated
MONDO0016130Evalidated
UMLSC0410251Evalidated
MedDRA10086251Evalidated

E exact · NTBT this ORPHAcode is narrower than the target · BTNT broader than the target · ND not decided.

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Classification

Preferential parent (Orphanet linearisation):

Parents in the classifications (1):

No children.

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Genes

0 direct

Orphanet records no gene directly on this code.

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Prevalence and incidence

0 records

No prevalence record in this release.

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HPO phenotypes

Orphanet has no HPO annotation for this code in this release.

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