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We report a 74-year-old man suffering from mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) accompanied by a lymphoid follicle in muscle pathology. He showed proximal muscle weakness and arthritis in finger joints. His laboratory findings were characteristic of MCTD. Prednisolone administration favorably improved his symptoms. A lymphoid follicle is a rare pathological finding in inflammatory myopathies. The...