Antisynthethase syndrome presenting as peripheral limb fasciitis

Antisynthethase syndrome presenting as peripheral limb fasciitis

Abstract Inflammatory myopathy is a major clinical manifestation of the antisynthetase syndrome. Patients with anti Jo-1 antibodies can also present with other clinical manifestations as arthritis, mechanic's hands and lung fibrosis. As in dermatomyositis, polymyositis and overlap myopathies pr...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Joint, bone, spine : revue du rhumatisme Vol. 80; no. 5; pp. 528 - 530
Main Authors: Ebbo, Mikael, Chagnaud, Christophe, Figarella-Branger, Dominique, Legall, Stevan, Harle, Jean-Robert, Schleinitz, Nicolas
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: France Elsevier SAS 01-10-2013
Subjects:
Adult
Antibodies
Antisynthetase syndrome
Dermatomyositis
Extremities
Fasciitis
Fasciitis - diagnosis
Female
Humans
Internal Medicine
Male
Muscle MRI
Myositis - diagnosis
Rheumatology
Antisynthetase syndrome
Muscle MRI
Fasciitis
Dermatomyositis
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Abstract Inflammatory myopathy is a major clinical manifestation of the antisynthetase syndrome. Patients with anti Jo-1 antibodies can also present with other clinical manifestations as arthritis, mechanic's hands and lung fibrosis. As in dermatomyositis, polymyositis and overlap myopathies proximal muscle of the limbs are preferentialy involved. Associated fascia edema on magnetic resonance imagery studies with histological proven fasciitis has been reported. However peripheral limb involvement, reported here in two patients, as the isolated initial manifestation is unusual.
Bibliography:ObjectType-Case Study-2
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-4
content type line 23
ObjectType-Report-1
ObjectType-Article-3
ObjectType-Article-2
ObjectType-Feature-1
ISSN:1297-319X
1778-7254
DOI:10.1016/j.jbspin.2013.02.013