Mixed connective tissue disease

Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is a rare connective tissue disorder combining clinical features of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), systemic sclerosis (SSc), polymyositis (PM) (see these terms) and/or rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Myocarditis

Inflammation of the myocardium.


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PMID (PMCID)
11892716
 MALE Middle Aged
Co-occurrence of spondyloarthropathy and connective tissue disease: development of Sjogren's syndrome and mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis.
Brandt J, Maier T, Rudwaleit M, Kuhl U, Hiepe F, Sieper J, Braun J.
Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2002;20(1):80-4.
Then, 20 years after the onset of AS, he became acutely ill, suffering severe myositis and myocarditis along with swollen hands and highly elevated autoantibody titers recognizing UIRNP; his condition was interpreted as mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD).
10088961
 FEMALE Adult
Myocarditis of mixed connective tissue disease: favourable outcome after intravenous pulsed cyclophosphamide.
Hammann C, Genton CY, Delabays A, Bischoff Delaloye A, Bogousslavsky J, Spertini F.
Clin Rheumatol. 1999;18(1):85-7.
Myocarditis of mixed connective tissue disease: favourable outcome after intravenous pulsed cyclophosphamide.
2940685
 FEMALE Adult
Myocarditis in mixed connective tissue disease: clinical and pathologic study of three cases and review of the literature.
Lash AD, Wittman AL, Quismorio FP Jr.
Semin Arthritis Rheum. 1986;15(4):288-96.
Myocarditis in mixed connective tissue disease: clinical and pathologic study of three cases and review of the literature.
7406932
 FEMALE Adult
Myocarditis in mixed connective tissue disease. Association of myocarditis with antibody to nuclear ribonucleoprotein.
Whitlow PL, Gilliam JN, Chubick A, Ziff M.
Arthritis Rheum. 1980;23(7):808-15.
A young black woman with clinical and serologic features of mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) developed myocarditis with congestive heart failure and ventricular ectopic activity.
7406932
 FEMALE Adult
Myocarditis in mixed connective tissue disease. Association of myocarditis with antibody to nuclear ribonucleoprotein.
Whitlow PL, Gilliam JN, Chubick A, Ziff M.
Arthritis Rheum. 1980;23(7):808-15.
Myocarditis in mixed connective tissue disease.