Abstracts tagged "Cancer and polymyositis/dermatomyositis (PM/DM)"

Abstract Number: 2134 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Identification of Multiple Cancer Associated Myositis Specific Antibodies in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies: A Large Longitudinal Cohort Study
Hanbo Yang¹, Qinglin Peng², Liguo Yin¹, Shanshan Li¹, Jingli Shi¹, Yamei Zhang¹, Xin Lu¹, Xiaoming Shu¹, Sigong Zhang³ and Guochun Wang⁴, ¹Rheumatology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China, ²Rheuamtology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China, ³Rheumatology, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, China, ⁴China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: Paraneoplastic myositis provide an exceptional opportunity for cancer triggered autoimmunity. Myositis specific antibodies (MSAs) show great clinical utility in IIM diagnosis and classification. However,…