Fatal myocarditis with acute polymyositis in a young adult.

Bhan, A; Baithun, S I; Kopelman, P; Swash, M · Postgrad Med J · 1990

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

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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