Dermatomyositis

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

Skin rash

A red eruption of the skin.


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PMID (PMCID)
30357036
(6197508)
 OTHER
Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Associated with Dermatomyositis.
Malik ZR, Shahbaz A, Aziz K, Razaq Z, Umair M, Sachmechi I.
Cureus. 2018;10(8):e3161.
Dermatomyositis is an inflammatory myopathy which causes a distinctive skin rash and muscle weakness.
28533643
(5439209)
 OTHER
Unsuspected Active Ulcerative Colitis in a Patient With Dermatomyositis: A Rare Association Detected on 18F-FDG PET/CT During the Search for an Occult Malignancy.
Rayamajhi SJ, Gorla AKR, Basher RK, Sood A, Mittal BR.
Indian J Nucl Med. 2017;32(2):130-132.
Dermatomyositis is an inflammatory myopathy with the characteristic features of skin rash and myopathy.
27478664
(4958446)
 OTHER
A Case of New-Onset Dermatomyositis in the Second Trimester of Pregnancy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
Akalin T, Akkaya H, Buke B, Kocak .
Case Rep Obstet Gynecol. 2016;2016:6430156.
Dermatomyositis (DM), a subtype of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs), is characterized by skin rash, proximal muscle weakness, and inflammatory infiltrates in the muscle tissue.
27482193
(4945813)
 OTHER
Ascending Colon Cancer Associated with Dermatomyositis Which Was Cured after Colon Resection.
Kamiyama H, Niwa K, Ishiyama S, Takahashi M, Kojima Y, Goto M, Tomiki Y, Higashihara Y, Sakamoto K.
Case Rep Gastroenterol. 2016;10(2):338-43.
A 76-year-old woman with muscle ache, weakness of the extremities, and skin rash was diagnosed with dermatomyositis (DM).
27123126
 OTHER
Dermatomyositis as a symptom of primary lung cancer: A case report and review of the literature.
Zhang X, Wang Y, Ma G, Zhang L, Jing H, DU J.
Oncol Lett. 2016;11(5):3413-3416.
Dermatomyositis (DM) is a rare autoimmune disease associated with manifestations of proximal muscle weakness and typical cutaneous skin rash.
25890160
(4397703)
 FEMALE Middle Aged
A rare case of severe myositis as paraneoplastic syndrome on breast cancer.
Dias LP, Faria AL, Scandiuzzi MM, Inhaia CL, Shida JY, Gebrim LH.
World J Surg Oncol. 2015;13:134.
Dermatomyositis and polymyositis are both types of idiopathic inflammatory myositis characterized by inflammation and weakness of proximal skeletal muscles and skin rash.
27708933
 OTHER
Subscapular bursitis as a rare manifestation of dermatomyositis: a case report.
Kim KR, Konig MF, Park JK.
Eur J Rheumatol. 2015;2(2):80-82.
Dermatomyositis (DM) is characterized by proximal muscle weakness and characteristic skin rash.
22090006
 FEMALE Middle Aged
Successful treatment for conventional treatment-resistant dermatomyositis-associated interstitial lung disease with adalimumab.
Park JK, Yoo HG, Ahn DS, Jeon HS, Yoo WH.
Rheumatol Int. 2012;32(11):3587-90.
Dermatomyositis (DM) is a systemic autoimmune disorder characterized by the inflammation of skeletal muscles and pathognomonic skin rashes, namely heliotrope rash and Gottron's papules and involvement of other organs.
21605089
 FEMALE Adult
Metastatic malignant melanoma and dermatomyositis: A paraneoplastic phenomenon.
Tu J, Von Nida J.
Australas J Dermatol. 2011;52(2):e7-10.
We report a case involving a 34-year-old woman who presented with a persistent skin rash over her neck and upper body, with clinical features suggestive of dermatomyositis.
19820679
 FEMALE
[Juvenile dermatomyositis and toxoplasmosis: a rare association].
da Silva BS, Pereira RM, de Carvalho JF.
Acta Reumatol Port. 2009;34(3):546-50.
Dermatomyositis is an unknown cause's disease that in general is characterized by muscular inflammation with weakness and typical skin rash (heliotrope and Gottron's papules).
18034245
 FEMALE Child
HBV vaccine and dermatomyositis: is there an association?
Altman A, Szyper-Kravitz M, Shoenfeld Y.
Rheumatol Int. 2008;28(6):609-12.
We report a case of a 6-year-old child, who was vaccinated for hepatitis B virus and developed a flu-like disease accompanied by a skin rash, which had the typical features of dermatomyositis.
18309489
 MALE Adult
Pneumomediastinum in dermatomyositis itself is not a poor prognostic factor: report of a case and review of the literature.
Yoshida K, Kurosaka D, Kingetsu I, Hirai K, Yamada A.
Rheumatol Int. 2008;28(9):913-7.
We describe a 38-year-old man who presented with proximal muscle weakness, myalgia, polyarthralgia, and skin rash and was diagnosed as having dermatomyositis (DM).
16866067
 MALE Middle Aged
Dermatomyositis and esophageal cancer.
Iftikhar I, Abdelmannan D, Daw HA.
South Med J. 2006;99(7):777-9.
He also developed a characteristic skin rash on the eyelids, the upper chest and around the nails that was thought to be most indicative of dermatomyositis.
16643611
 MALE
Identification of autoantibodies elicited in a patient with prostate cancer presenting as dermatomyositis.
Mooney CJ, Dunphy EJ, Stone B, McNeel DG.
Int J Urol. 2006;13(3):211-7.
Dermatomyositis is an uncommon autoimmune disease distinguished by proximal muscle weakness and a characteristic skin rash.
15389654
 MALE
Dermatomyositis-like syndrome and HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor (statin) intake.
Vasconcelos OM, Campbell WW.
Muscle Nerve. 2004;30(6):803-7.
A patient developed an adult-onset dermatomyositis-like syndrome characterized by skin rash and progressive proximal muscle weakness concurrent with the intake of simvastatin.
11929190
 MALE Middle Aged
An autopsy case of intravascular lymphomatosis with dermatomyositis.
Aoki A, Okamura M, Ueda A, Ohno S, Hagiwara E, Tsuji T, Misumi M, Kawachi K, Sasaki T, Inoue Y, Ishigatsubo Y.
Intern Med. 2002;41(3):241-4.
He was diagnosed as dermatomyositis because of typical skin rashes and muscle weakness.
12096501
 FEMALE Middle Aged
[Pulmonary sarcoidosis in a case of dermatomyositis under long-term steroid therapy].
Yamamoto Y, Ide H, Nishigaki Y, Fujiuchi S, Akiba Y, Osanai S, Nakano H, Ohsaki Y, Kikuchi K.
Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai Zasshi. 2002;40(4):311-5.
She had been receiving oral corticosteroids for dermatomyositis, which was confirmed by the typical skin rash and the myogenic changes on an electromyogram in 1977.
11147762
 FEMALE Middle Aged
Amyopathic dermatomyositis and pulmonary fibrosis.
Chow SK, Yeap SS.
Clin Rheumatol. 2000;19(6):484-5.
'Amyotrophic dermatomyositis' (ADM) is used to describe a small subgroup of patients with the typical skin rash associated with dermatomyositis but without muscle involvement.
11147762
 FEMALE Middle Aged
Amyopathic dermatomyositis and pulmonary fibrosis.
Chow SK, Yeap SS.
Clin Rheumatol. 2000;19(6):484-5.
'Amyotrophic dermatomyositis' (ADM) is used to describe a small subgroup of patients with the typical skin rash associated with dermatomyositis but without muscle involvement.
9168450
 MALE
Facial heliotrope rash as the initial manifestation of acute myelomonocytic leukemia.
Tzavara V, Stamoulis K, Aroni KG, Kordossis T, Boki KA.
Leuk Lymphoma. 1997;25(3-4):393-8.
We describe a patient who developed a skin rash, histologically compatible with dermatomyositis, which during the course of the disease switched to leukocytoclastic vasculitis, which was accompanied with peripheral blood pancytopenia in the absence of any specific pathological manifestation from the bone marrow three years prior to the diagnosis of acute myelomonocytic leukemia (AMML).