Polimiosite associada à arterite linfocítica do sistema nervoso central / Polymyositis associated with lymphocytic arteritis of the central nervous system
Rev. bras. reumatol
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50(1): 90-95, jan.-fev. 2010. ilus
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in Portuguese
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RESUMO
Complicações do Sistema Nervoso Central (SNC) raramente são descritas em miopatias inflamatórias idiopáticas. Os autores relatam o caso de uma paciente de 48 anos com diagnóstico de polimiosite com autoanticorpo anti-Jo-1 positivo que, após cinco anos de evolução, apresentou extensa lesão desmielinizante do SNC associada à arterite linfocítica.
ABSTRACT
Central Nervous System (CNS) complications in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are seldom reported. The authors describe the case of a 48-year old female with polymyositis and positive anti-Jo-1 autoantibody who, after five years of evolution, developed extensive CNS demyelinating injury associated with lymphocytic arteritis.
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Main subject:
Autoantibodies
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Polymyositis
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Vasculitis, Central Nervous System
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Myositis
Type of study:
Risk factors
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
Portuguese
Journal:
Rev. bras. reumatol
Journal subject:
Rheumatology
Year:
2010
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul/BR
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