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Table 3 Cases of anti-synthetase syndrome (ASSD) following SARS-CoV-2 infection

From: Anti-OJ antibody-positive anti-synthetase syndrome following SARS-CoV-2 infection: a case report and literature review

Author

Year

Sex

Age

CK(U/L)

Antibody

Biopsy

Biopsy results

Marmen et al. [4]

2021

Male

62

 

Anti-Jo1

Yes

Perifascicular necrosis with perimysial fragmentation

Peña et al. [20]

2023

Male

36

 

Anti-EJ

Yes

Perivascular and endomysial lymphocyte infiltration, myofiber necrosis and regeneration with perifascicular atrophy

Shimizu et al. [17]

2022

Male

47

3380

Anti-PL7

Yes

Inflammatory cells at the myofiber bundles with perivascular inflammatory cell infiltration and CD8- positive lymphocytes infiltration in atrophy of the myofibers