Dermatomyositis

A type of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy characterized by evocative skin lesions and symmetrical proximal muscle weakness.

Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disease characterized by low bone density and microarchitectural deterioration of bone tissue with a consequent increase in bone fragility. According to the WHO criteria, osteoporosis is defined as a BMD that lies 2.5 standard deviations or more below the average value for young healthy adults (a T-score below -2.5 SD).

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PMID (PMCID)
26992073	FEMALE	Middle Aged
	Worsening of calcinosis cutis with teriparatide treatment in two osteoporotic patients.
	Echeverri AF, Ospina FE, Canas CA, Agualimpia A, Suso JP, Tobon GJ, Bonilla-Abadia F. Br J Dermatol. 2016;175(5):1049-1051.
	We present two cases of patients with systemic autoimmune diseases (one with dermatomyositis and one with CREST syndrome) who presented with a worsening of calcinosis cutis after treatment of osteoporosis with teriparatide.
26811712	OTHER
	Bilateral atypical femoral subtrochanteric fractures in a premenopausal patient receiving prolonged bisphosphonate therapy: evidence of severely suppressed bone turnover.
	Kondo N, Yoda T, Fujisawa J, Arai K, Sakuma M, Ninomiya H, Sano H, Endo N. Clin Cases Miner Bone Metab. 2015;12(3):273-7.
	A 36-year-old premenopausal female diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus and dermatomyositis had been treated with glucocorticoid and alendronate (5 mg/day) to prevent glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis.
17408022	FEMALE	Child
	[Severe osteoporosis with vertebral crushes in juvenile dermatomyositis. Effect of oral alendronate therapy].
	Tau C, Russo R. Medicina (B Aires). 2007;67(1):53-6.
	We present here a clinical case of a girl with dermatomyositis and severe osteoporosis with vertebral crushes, who responded well to oral bisphophonate treatment.
3813618	FEMALE	Child
	Fluoride treatment in corticosteroid induced osteoporosis.
	Rejou F, Dumas R, Belon C, Meunier PJ, Edouard C. Arch Dis Child. 1986;61(12):1230-1.
	Severe osteoporosis with multiple vertebral fractures occurred in two girls receiving prolonged high dose corticosteroids for relapsing dermatomyositis.