Key result
A patient with mixed connective tissue disease who developed acute myocarditis responded rapidly to steroid therapy.
Population
1 patient with mixed connective tissue disease who developed acute myocarditis
Design
Case_report
Authors
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Rapid steroid response in MCTD myocarditis may inform acute management; leaves open need for confirmatory studies.
Case Report (n=1)
Myocarditis is a rare but serious complication of mixed connective tissue disease that can respond rapidly to steroids.
Shinkawa et al. (2016) conducted a case report in Mixed connective tissue disease with acute myocarditis (n=1). Steroids was evaluated on Clinical response. A patient with mixed connective tissue disease who developed acute myocarditis responded rapidly to steroid therapy.
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