Schubert J, Manschwetus H, Walter G F, Zeidler H, Schmidt R E
Abteilung Immunologie und Transfusionsmedizin, Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover.
Immun Infekt. 1991 Apr;19(2):58-9.
In systemic lupus erythematosus as a multi-system disease the involvement of skeletal muscle has been described as a rather mild polymyositis, myopathy or inclusion-body myositis. Here we present a patient with a severe lupus presenting with a fulminant myositis with rhabdomyolysis and panniculitis.