Polymyositis associated with lymphocytic arteritis of the central nervous system.
Central Nervous System (CNS) complications in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are seldom reported. The authors describe the case of a 48-year old female with polymyositis and positive anti-Jo-1 autoantibody who, after five years of evolution, developed extensive CNS demyelinating injury associated with lymphocytic arteritis.
Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina, UFMS. izapec@hotmail.com
Izaias Pereira
IP
da Costa
Elisangela Possebon
EP
Pradebon
Julia Villegas
JV
Campos
Fabrícia Santos
FS
Melo
Flávia Midori Arakaki Ayres
FM
Tavares
D001167:Arteritis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes; D008875:Middle Aged; D017285:Polymyositis / Q000150:complications*; D020293:Vasculitis, Central Nervous System / Q000150:complications*