Hardman C M, Garioch J J, Leonard J N, Ozanne C, Abdalla S H
Department of Dermatology, St Mary's Hospital, London, UK.
Clin Exp Dermatol. 1996 Nov;21(6):437-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1996.tb00150.x.
We report the case of a female patient who at presentation fulfilled the diagnostic criteria of dermatomyositis and also had an autoimmune haemolytic anaemia. Although autoimmune haemolysis is a well recognized feature of a number of autoimmune disorders, it has not previously been described in association with dermatomyositis.