Dermatomyositis

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

Leukoencephalopathy

This term describes abnormality of the white matter of the cerebrum resulting from damage to the myelin sheaths of nerve cells.


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PMID (PMCID)
27484255
(4969676)
 MALE
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis with leukoencephalopathy in a patient with dermatomyositis accompanied with peripheral T-cell lymphoma: a case report.
Teshigawara S, Katada Y, Maeda Y, Yoshimura M, Kudo-Tanaka E, Tsuji S, Harada Y, Matsushita M, Ohshima S, Watanabe K, Kumode T, Hoshida Y, Saeki Y.
J Med Case Rep. 2016;10:212.
We diagnosed the central nervous system lesions as leukoencephalopathy secondary to dermatomyositis and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.
27484255
(4969676)
 MALE
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis with leukoencephalopathy in a patient with dermatomyositis accompanied with peripheral T-cell lymphoma: a case report.
Teshigawara S, Katada Y, Maeda Y, Yoshimura M, Kudo-Tanaka E, Tsuji S, Harada Y, Matsushita M, Ohshima S, Watanabe K, Kumode T, Hoshida Y, Saeki Y.
J Med Case Rep. 2016;10:212.
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis complicated by leukoencephalopathy in a patient with dermatomyositis accompanied with peripheral T-cell lymphoma.
27484255
(4969676)
 MALE
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis with leukoencephalopathy in a patient with dermatomyositis accompanied with peripheral T-cell lymphoma: a case report.
Teshigawara S, Katada Y, Maeda Y, Yoshimura M, Kudo-Tanaka E, Tsuji S, Harada Y, Matsushita M, Ohshima S, Watanabe K, Kumode T, Hoshida Y, Saeki Y.
J Med Case Rep. 2016;10:212.
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis with leukoencephalopathy in a patient with dermatomyositis accompanied with peripheral T-cell lymphoma: a case report.