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1: Clin Exp Rheumatol. 1998 Mar-Apr;16(2):172-4.Links

Polymyositis associated with asymptomatic primary biliary cirrhosis.

Bondeson J, Veress B, Lindroth Y, Lindgren S.

Department of Rheumatology, Malmö University Hospital, Sweden.

We here describe a case of polymyositis associated with asymptomatic primary biliary cirrhosis and a high titer of antimitochondrial antibodies. The patient had remarkable multiorgan engagement: polyarthritis, pericarditis, pleuritis and tachyarrythmia. Atypical changes, suggestive of mitochondrial damage, were observed in a muscle biopsy specimen. Under treatment with azathioprine and steroids, the disease had a favourable outcome.

PMID: 9536395 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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