title: Fatal myocarditis with acute polymyositis in a young adult.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Histopathology, Newham General Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhan
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Baithun
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kopelman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Swash
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D009220:Myositis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology