Women with pregnancy-related polymyositis and high serum CK levels in the newborn.
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
Two previously healthy women developed an inflammatory myopathy before the term of their first pregnancy. Skeletal muscle biopsy led to a diagnosis of T cell-mediated polymyositis. Both babies were healthy, but their serum creatine kinase levels remained elevated for a few months after birth. Their mothers did well after corticosteroid treatment.
Medical subject headings
- Creatine Kinase
- Polymyositis
- Pregnancy Complications