Polymyositis: a manifestation of chronic graft-versus-host disease.
Polymyositis developed in a patient who had had bone marrow transplants for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia. There was no previous evidence of graft-versus-host disease. Polymyositis has previously been reported to be associated with graft-versus-host disease; this article suggests that polymyositis may represent its sole manifestation.
Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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D000328:Adult; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D009220:Myositis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000150:complications