Acute Hemorrhagic Myositis in Inflammatory Myopathy and Review of the Literature

We describe two patients with dermatomyositis that presented with interstitial lung disease, positive V and Shawl sign who developed acute spontaneous abdominal/retroperitoneal bleed. Both patients expired despite aggressive treatment and resuscitation. Hemorrhagic myositis in these two patients wit...

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Main Authors: Van Gelder, Howard, Wu, Kim M., Gharibian, Nayiri, Patel, Dharmi B., Clements, Philip J., Heinze, Emil R., Morris, Robert I., Wong, Andrew L.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4213403/