Open AccessDevelopment of myasthenia gravis 8 years after interstitial lung disease associated with antisynthetase (anti‐ EJ antibody) syndrome
Author(s) -
Ishiguro Takashi,
Kagiyama Naho,
Kawate Eriko,
Odashima Kyuto,
Takaku Yotaro,
Kurashima Kazuyoshi,
Takayanagi Noboru
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.747
Subject(s) - antisynthetase syndrome , medicine , interstitial lung disease , myasthenia gravis , myositis , polymyositis , antibody , lung , dermatology , gastroenterology , pathology , immunology
Key Clinical Message 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.