TY - JOUR
T1 - Dermatomyositis associated with crohn’s disease
AU - Leibowitz, Gil
AU - Eliakim, Rami
AU - Amir, Gail
AU - Rachmilewitz, Daniel
PY - 1994/1
Y1 - 1994/1
N2 - A 29-year-old woman with quiescent Crohn’s disease developed severe myositis. Serum creatine phospho- kinase was markedly elevated, and muscle biopsy showed typical findings of dermatomyositis. The muscular symptoms promptly responded to combined treatment with corticosteroids and azathioprine. The association between inflammatory bowel disease and inflammatory myopathies is very rare. We review the clinical, pathological, and pathophysiological aspects of this association.
AB - A 29-year-old woman with quiescent Crohn’s disease developed severe myositis. Serum creatine phospho- kinase was markedly elevated, and muscle biopsy showed typical findings of dermatomyositis. The muscular symptoms promptly responded to combined treatment with corticosteroids and azathioprine. The association between inflammatory bowel disease and inflammatory myopathies is very rare. We review the clinical, pathological, and pathophysiological aspects of this association.
KW - Crohn’s disease
KW - Dermatomyositis
KW - Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
KW - Myositis
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U2 - 10.1097/00004836-199401000-00012
DO - 10.1097/00004836-199401000-00012
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C2 - 8113586
AN - SCOPUS:0028082033
SN - 0192-0790
VL - 18
SP - 48
EP - 52
JO - Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
JF - Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
IS - 1
ER -