Chest pain in a mid-aged woman, not simply myopericarditis: a case report of anti-Ku positive polymyositis

Abstract Background Anti-Ku is a rare antibody which can be positive in some rheumatic diseases and it might be related to cardiac involvement. Polymyositis is an inflammatory myopathy, and its cardiac involvement seldom presents as myopericarditis and anti-Ku positive. Case presentation In this cas...

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Main Authors: Weiping Tan, Bin Dong, Jincui Gu, Yang Peng, Ruicong Xue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-08-01
Series:BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-021-02194-0