Antiphospholipid syndrome and dermatomyositis/polymyositis: a rare association

Fernando Henrique Carlos de Souza; Maurício Levy-Neto; Samuel Katsuyuki Shinjo

Antiphospholipid syndrome and dermatomyositis/polymyositis: a rare association

Rev Bras Reumatol. 2012 Aug;52(4):642-4.

[Article in English, Portuguese]

Authors

Fernando Henrique Carlos de Souza¹, Maurício Levy-Neto, Samuel Katsuyuki Shinjo

Affiliation

¹ Serviço de Reumatologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Dr. Arnaldo 455, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

PMID: 22885428

Abstract

The association between antiphospholipid syndrome and idiopathic inflammatory myopathies has been rarely reported in the literature. In this paper we report two patients with antiphospholipid syndrome diagnosed with concomitant dermatomyositis or polymyositis. We also reviewed the literature on this overlapping of two systemic autoimmune entities.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Antiphospholipid Syndrome / complications*
Dermatomyositis / complications*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Polymyositis / complications*