title: [Overlap syndrome].
abstract: The overlap syndromes are characterized by the occurrence in the same patient of two or more autoimmune diseases. The overlap syndrome between scleroderma and polymyositis is rare. We describe a case of a 58-year-old woman in which the clinical expression, the effect of therapy and the evolution, support the concept that this syndrome is a distinct clinical entity in the spectrum of autoimmune disease.
authors.affiliation: Serviços de Dermatologia e de Medicina Interna 2, Hospital Distrital de Santarém, Santarém, Portugal.
authors.forename: Joana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Parente
authors.forename: Palmira
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mathurdas
authors.forename: Luísa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wandschneider
authors.forename: João
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aranha
authors.forename: Luís
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Siopa
mesh_terms: D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017285:Polymyositis / Q000473:pathology*; D012594:Scleroderma, Localized / Q000473:pathology*; D013577:Syndrome