Dermatomyositis

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

Obesity

Accumulation of substantial excess body fat.


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PMID (PMCID)
16800178
FEMALE Middle Aged
[Precocious mediastinal lipomatosis: a rare complication of systemic corticosteroid therapy].
Jamali M, Zouhair K, El Ouazzani T, Lakhdar H.
Ann Dermatol Venereol. 2006;133(3):257-9.
A 46-year-old woman with no disease history other than obesity with a weight of 90 kg had been treated since 2002 for mixed connective tissue disease (profound lupus and dermatomyositis).