Successful treatment of antisynthetase syndrome presenting as rhabdomyolysis with rituximab

In this report, we present a patient who presented with features of rhabdomyolysis and was diagnosed with antisynthetase syndrome. This patient was treated with systemic steroids with partial improvement, foll owed by rituximab, which led to significant improvement in his condition. In addition, we summarize all cases reported in the literature of inflammatory myopathy-associated rhabdomyolysis.
Source: Rheumatology International - Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research