High prevalence of necrotizing myofibers in adult dermatomyositis muscle biopsies.
Aline Marques CaetanoIsabela Bruna Pires BorgesLila Morena Bueno SilvaSamuel Katsuyuki ShinjoPublished in: Clinical rheumatology (2022)
A high prevalence of myofiber necrosis was observed, which patients resembled the initial clinical feature of patients with immune-mediated necrotizing myopathies. Key Point • A high prevalence of myofiber necrosis was observed in muscle biopsies of patients with dermatomyositis.