Dermatomyositis

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

Paralysis of voluntary muscles means loss of contraction due to interruption of one or more motor pathways from the brain to the muscle fibers. Although the word paralysis is often used interchangeably to mean either complete or partial loss of muscle strength, it is preferable to use paralysis or plegia for complete or severe loss of muscle strength, and paresis for partial or slight loss. Motor paralysis results from deficits of the upper motor neurons (corticospinal, corticobulbar, or subcorticospinal). Motor paralysis is often accompanied by an impairment in the facility of movement.

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PMID (PMCID)
10914410	MIXED_SAMPLE	Infant, Newborn
	Guillain-Barre syndrome: perspectives with infants and children.
	Jones HR Jr. Semin Pediatr Neurol. 2000;7(2):91-102.
	The major considerations in differential diagnosis include transverse myelitis, toxic neuropathies, tick paralysis, infantile botulism, myasthenia gravis, and dermatomyositis.
3323639	FEMALE	Child
	Juvenile dermatomyositis with respiratory failure and peripheral nerve paralyses. A case report.
	Hussein A. Klin Padiatr. 1987;199(6):447-8.
	A complete remission of the dermatomyositis and the paralysis of the radial nerve were achieved within months with prednisolone medication and physiotherapy; the peroneus nerve paralysis improved only slightly.
3323639	FEMALE	Child
	Juvenile dermatomyositis with respiratory failure and peripheral nerve paralyses. A case report.
	Hussein A. Klin Padiatr. 1987;199(6):447-8.
	A complete remission of the dermatomyositis and the paralysis of the radial nerve were achieved within months with prednisolone medication and physiotherapy; the peroneus nerve paralysis improved only slightly.