Key result
Acute polymyositis is linked to fatal fulminant myocarditis in a young patient.
Why the study?
The clinical significance of cardiac involvement in polymyositis, particularly in fulminant cases, is not well characterized.
Highlights a rare case of fatal myocarditis complicating acute polymyositis in a young adult.
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Alerts clinicians to fulminant myocarditis risk in polymyositis; leaves open optimal screening strategies.
A 21 year old woman presented with acute polymyositis associated with fatal myocarditis. The significance of cardiac involvement in polymyositis is discussed in relation to this unusually fulminant case.
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Bhan et al. (1990) studied this question. Acute polymyositis was associated with fatal myocarditis in a 21-year-old woman, demonstrating the potential for unusually fulminant cardiac involvement.
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