TY  - JOUR
T1  - HIv-associated polymyositis with life-threatening myocardial and esophageal involvement
AU  - Fuster M, Negredo E, Cadafalch J, Domingo P, Illa I, Clavé P
Y1  - 1999/05/10
N1  - 
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 1012
EP  - 1012
VL  - 159
IS  - 9
N2  - 
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–associated polymyositis was first described in 19831; since then a few cases have been reported.2- 4 Although muscular pathological abnormalities are commonly found in HIV-infected patients, the prevalence of symptomatic polymyositis is less than 1%.2 When present, the occurrence of esophageal and myocardial involvement is, however, exceedingly rare. We have recently cared for an HIV-infected patient with polymyositis who presented with life-threatening myocardial and esophageal involvement.

SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ER  -