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  • Title: Idiopathic polymyositis and glomerulonephritis.
    Author: Valenzuela OF, Reiser IW, Porush JG.
    Journal: J Nephrol; 2001; 14(2):120-4. PubMed ID: 11411013.
    Abstract:
    We report a 28-year-old male who presented with a clinical picture compatible with idiopathic polymyositis and nephrotic-range proteinuria. Muscle biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of polymyositis and a diagnostic renal biopsy demonstrated IgM mesangial glomerulonephritis. Following a short-course of prednisone, both the myositis and proteinuria resolved. Glomerulonephritis associated with idiopathic polymyositis is rare; however, since it appeared to respond to corticosteroid therapy concomitant with the improvement in the myositis, it was likely an associated immunological complication.
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