Professional paper

Polymyositis, dematomyositis: overlap syndromes with connective tissue diseases and malignancies

Dušanka Martinović Kaliterna ; Department for Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Clinic for Internal Medicine, Clinical Hospital Centre Split, Split, Croatia
Dijana Perković ; Department for Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Clinic for Internal Medicine, Clinical Hospital Centre Split, Split, Croatia
Daniela Marasović Krstulović ; Department for Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Clinic for Internal Medicine, Clinical Hospital Centre Split, Split, Croatia

Abstract

Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis are often connected with autoimmune diseases and are closely linked with specific autoantibodies. Clinical manifestations are mild in correlation with clinical picture of myositis related to malignancy. Pulmonary complications are main cause of mortality in overlap syndromes with autoimmune diseases. Infection, cardiovascular complications and underlying malignancy provide greater mortality risk.

Keywords

myositis; overlap syndromes; autoimmune diseases; malignancy

Hrčak ID:

124041

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/124041

Publication date:

25.10.2012.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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