title: Antiphospholipid syndrome and dermatomyositis/polymyositis: a rare association.
abstract: The association between antiphospholipid syndrome and idiopathic inflammatory myopathies has been rarely reported in the literature. In this paper we report two patients with antiphospholipid syndrome diagnosed with concomitant dermatomyositis or polymyositis. We also reviewed the literature on this overlapping of two systemic autoimmune entities.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Reumatologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Dr. Arnaldo 455, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fernando Henrique Carlos de
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: Maurício
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Levy-Neto
authors.forename: Samuel Katsuyuki
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Shinjo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D003882:Dermatomyositis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017285:Polymyositis / Q000150:complications*