Case report demonstrates pericarditis as initial symptom in a woman, suggesting unique cardiac involvement.
Antisynthetase syndrome is a subtype of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy characterized by clinical manifestations that include myositis with a distinctive muscle biopsy pattern. Cardiac involvement has traditionally been considered a rare feature of this syndrome. Here, we report the case of a 63‐year‐old woman who initially presented with pericarditis.
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