Women with pregnancy-related polymyositis and high serum CK levels in the newborn.
Two previously healthy women developed an inflammatory myopathy before the term of their first pregnancy. Skeletal muscle biopsy led to a diagnosis of T cell-mediated polymyositis. Both babies were healthy, but their serum creatine kinase levels remained elevated for a few months after birth. Their mothers did well after corticosteroid treatment.
Messina
S
S
Centro Dino Ferrari, Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Fagiolari
G
G
Lamperti
C
C
Cavaletti
G
G
Prelle
A
A
Scarlato
G
G
Bresolin
M
M
Moggio
M
M
Sciacco
M
M
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D017285:Polymyositis / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology
D003402:Creatine Kinase