Dermatomyositis

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

Respiratory insufficiency



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PMID (PMCID)
24156232
MALE Middle Aged
A patient with interstitial lung disease secondary to dermatomyositis: a case report and review of the literature.
Verstraeten AS, Verbrugghe W, Wuyts W.
Acta Clin Belg. 2013;68(3):240-4.
We describe the case of a man with known dermatomyositis who presented with a dry cough and who early after admission rapidly evolved to respiratory insufficiency.
11870702
FEMALE Adult
Concomitant dermatomyositis and myasthenia gravis presenting with respiratory insufficiency.
van de Warrenburg BP, Hengstman GJ, Vos PE, Boerman RH, ter Laak HJ, van Engelen BG.
Muscle Nerve. 2002;25(2):293-6.
Concomitant dermatomyositis and myasthenia gravis presenting with respiratory insufficiency.
11870702
FEMALE Adult
Concomitant dermatomyositis and myasthenia gravis presenting with respiratory insufficiency.
van de Warrenburg BP, Hengstman GJ, Vos PE, Boerman RH, ter Laak HJ, van Engelen BG.
Muscle Nerve. 2002;25(2):293-6.
We report a 28-year-old woman with a history of chronic immune-mediated hepatitis, in whom the simultaneous manifestation of dermatomyositis and myasthenia gravis resulted in severe neck extensor weakness and subacute respiratory insufficiency, followed by proximal muscle weakness and external ophthalmoplegia.
11491505
FEMALE Middle Aged
Hypercapnic coma due to diaphragmatic involvement in a patient with dermatomyositis.
Astudillo LM, Carreiro M, Sailler L, Dingremont CF, Arlet PM.
Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2001;19(4):456-8.
A fifty year-old patient with typical dermatomyositis presented an acute respiratory insufficiency with hypercapnic coma due to diaphragmatic muscle involvement.