Dermatomyositis

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

Subcutaneous calcification

Deposition of calcium salts in subcutaneous tissue (i.e., the the lowermost layer of the integument).


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PMID (PMCID)
28779847
 MIXED_SAMPLE Adult
Efficacy of intralesional sodium thiosulfate injections for disabling tumoral calcinosis: Two cases.
Goossens J, Courbebaisse M, Caudron E, Bahans C, Vacquerie V, Melchior J, Salle PV, Moesch C, Daudon M, Frocht V, Richette P, Ea HK, Guigonis V.
Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2017;47(3):451-455.
A 44-year-old woman, with a history of dermatomyositis, presenting large subcutaneous calcifications in the right elbow, and a 42-year-old man, with a history of familial tumoral calcinosis, presenting large intramuscular calcifications in the right buttock, received weekly intra-lesional of 1-3g STS injections for 12 and 21 months, respectively.
16378125
 FEMALE
[Diffuse muscular calcification with subcutaneous cysts].
Shen GL, Zhang W, Li Y, Lv H, Yuan Y.
Beijing Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban. 2005;37(6):659-60.
As the clinical symptoms and distribution pattern of calcification were different from dermatomyositis with subcutaneous calcification and myositis ossificans progressiva, our case might be a new type of disease.
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 FEMALE
Periorbital edema as the presenting sign of juvenile dermatomyositis.
Sevigny GM, Mathes BM.
Pediatr Dermatol. 1999;16(1):43-5.
Dermatomyositis is an autoimmune disorder with cutaneous manifestations including heliotrope patches, Gottron's papules, periungual telangiectasisas, and subcutaneous calcifications.