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Respiratory Medicine

Volume 89, Issue 9, October 1995, Pages 639-641
Respiratory Medicine

Case report
Anti-Jo-1 Syndrome presenting as cryptogenic organizing pneumonia

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Abstract

A 50-year-old Chinese lady presented with subacute onset of dyspnoea, bilateral infiltrates on chest X-ray and type I respiratory failure. There were minor symptoms of arthralgia and myalgia. Subsequent investigations confirmed that she had organizing pneumonia, polymyositis and serum anti-Jo-1 antibody. Treatment with corticosteroids resulted in prompt improvement of the respiratory condition and myositis.

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