Dermatomyositis

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

Pulmonary embolism

An embolus (that is, an abnormal particle circulating in the blood) located in the pulmonary artery and thereby blocking blood circulation to the lung. Usually the embolus is a blood clot that has developed in an extremity (for instance, a deep venous thrombosis), detached, and traveled through the circulation before becoming trapped in the pulmonary artery.


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PMID (PMCID)
20156749
(3521370)
 MALE Middle Aged
Dermatomyositis masquerading as pulmonary embolism.
Mroz RM, Korniluk M, Chyczewska E.
Eur J Med Res. 2009;14 Suppl 4:162-4.
Dermatomyositis masquerading as pulmonary embolism.
16311356
 FEMALE Adult
Two cases of inflammatory muscle disease presenting with raised serum concentrations of troponin T.
Hamilton JS, Sharpe PC.
J Clin Pathol. 2005;58(12):1323-4.
However, non-cardiac disorders, such as pulmonary embolism, renal failure, subarachnoid haemorrhage, sepsis, eclampsia, chemotherapy, and inflammatory muscle conditions (dermatomyositis and polymyositis), can also result in raised serum troponin concentrations.
12040326
 MALE Middle Aged
[Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia associated with dermatomyositis and antiphospholipid syndrome].
Francois-Devos G, Leleu O, Aubry P, Jounieaux V.
Rev Mal Respir. 2002;19(2 Pt1):249-51.
We report a case of anti-phospholipid syndrome that presented with bilateral pulmonary embolism and subsequently developed pulmonary infiltrates in association with the characteristic muscular and cutaneous features of dermatomyositis.