title: Case report: acute polymyositis in a patient with chronic graft vs. host disease.
abstract: Chronic graft versus host disease (cGVHD) is a multisystemic condition which occurs in 25 to 40% of patients undergoing allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. A 31 year old male developed acute polymyositis one year in the setting of cGVHD etc. after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. A viral etiology could not be proven. This presumably represented a manifestation of cGVHD. His clinical condition improved with immunosuppression and he remains asymptomatic, off therapy.
authors.affiliation: New York Medical College, Department of Medicine, Valhalla 10595.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Ascensao
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Mascarenhas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mittelman
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ahmed
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000276:immunology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017285:Polymyositis / Q000209:etiology*