Dermatomyositis

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

Myalgia

Pain in muscle.


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PMID (PMCID)
28824190
FEMALE
A Case of Dermatomyositis with Severe Myalgia and Muscle Weakness Testing Positive for Anti-melanoma Differentiation-associated Gene 5 Antibody.
Yamazaki K, Wakabayashi H, Suganami Y, Sano S, Wakunami Y, Katayama T, Deguchi K, Nagotani S, Kishida M.
Acta Med Okayama. 2017;71(4):341-344.
We report a case of a woman with typical dermatomyositis (DM) with skin manifestations, severe myalgia and muscle weakness complicated by interstitial lung disease (ILD) and pneumomediastinum.
21874766
MALE Middle Aged
[Mediastinal cancer presenting as dermatomyositis--a case report].
Hassoun N, Agabrya A, Levy Y.
Harefuah. 2011;150(7):574-7, 618, 617.
We present a case of a 47-year-old man with mediastinal cancer manifesting as a rash, myaLgia and muscle weakness, in addition to the typical laboratory test results and histological changes compatible with 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).
7739641
MALE Middle Aged
Disseminated histoplasmosis presenting as myositis and fasciitis in a patient with dermatomyositis.
Voloshin DK, Lacomis D, McMahon D.
Muscle Nerve. 1995;18(5):531-5.
A 54-year-old man with dermatomyositis initially responsive to corticosteroids and methotrexate developed severe myalgias, increasing weakness, and fevers.
7653797
FEMALE Middle Aged
[Neuromuscular blockade with atracurium in dermatomyositis].
Rockelein S, Gebert M, Baar H, Endsberger G.
Anaesthesist. 1995;44(6):442-4.
Dermatomyositis (DM) is a rare disease of unknown aetiology involving weakness of proximal muscles, myalgia and impairment of the integument.