title: Development of myasthenia gravis 8 years after interstitial lung disease associated with antisynthetase (anti-EJ antibody) syndrome.
abstract: Patients with antisynthetase-positive interstitial lung disease (ILD) alone sometimes develop myositis during follow-up, but myasthenia gravis (MG) overlapping on antisynthetase syndrome is unusual. A 56-year-old woman with ILD and anti-EJ antibody treated for 8 years developed MG. Physicians should consider myositis and MG when patients develop muscle symptoms during follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine Saitama Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center Kumagaya Saitama Prefecture Japan.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishiguro
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine Saitama Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center Kumagaya Saitama Prefecture Japan.
authors.forename: Naho
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kagiyama
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine Saitama Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center Kumagaya Saitama Prefecture Japan.
authors.forename: Eriko
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kawate
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine Saitama Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center Kumagaya Saitama Prefecture Japan.
authors.forename: Kyuto
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Odashima
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine Saitama Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center Kumagaya Saitama Prefecture Japan.
authors.forename: Yotaro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takaku
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine Saitama Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center Kumagaya Saitama Prefecture Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kurashima
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine Saitama Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center Kumagaya Saitama Prefecture Japan.
authors.forename: Noboru
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takayanagi
keywords: Anti‐EJ antibody; antisynthetase syndrome; dermatomyositis; myasthenia gravis; polymyositis